Dry and painful throat hurts when swallowing saliva, which may be caused by acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis or acute epiglottitis, etc. Patients can be treated by oral medication, mouthwash, nebulized inhalation and surgery as prescribed by the doctor. 1. Acute pharyngolaryngitis: During the attack, patients will have dry and sore throat, hoarse voice, pain when swallowing saliva, fever and other symptoms. Patients can follow the doctor’s advice oral amoxicillin, cefixime and other drugs for treatment, but also with budesonide, gentamicin nebulized inhalation for treatment. 2. Acute tonsillitis: patients with acute tonsillitis will have pain when swallowing saliva, weak voice and dry sore throat. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use chlorhexidine acetate solution, compound borax solution for gargling, while oral levofloxacin, norfloxacin and other drugs for treatment. 3. Acute epiglottitis: Acute epiglottitis can also cause pain in the throat, resulting in pain when the patient swallows. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use amoxicillin, cefixime and other antibiotics for treatment, local abscess formation can be incision and drainage, if necessary, need to establish an artificial airway. Patients with dry throat pain a swallow on the symptoms of pain, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, a clear cause of the correct treatment under the guidance of the doctor, to avoid delaying the condition caused by the adverse consequences.