Sleeping at night with a strong cough and scratchy throat is considered to be caused by reflux esophagitis, allergic cough, chronic pharyngitis and other diseases, which need to be clearly diagnosed, choose the appropriate way to deal with, such as general treatment, medication and so on.
1. Reflux esophagitis: If you are considering reflux esophagitis, the head of the bed should be elevated, and you should not eat for 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to take acid-suppressing drugs to relieve symptoms, such as omeprazole, lansoprazole and so on. You can also take pro-dynamic drugs to help gastric emptying, such as domperidone, mosapride and so on.
2. Allergic cough: Allergic cough can also cause coughing and tickling at night, patients should clarify the allergens to avoid re-exposure. You can take cough medicine, such as dextromethorphan, Pentoxyverine, etc. You can also take oral glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisone, hydrocortisone, etc. as prescribed by the doctor.
3. Chronic pharyngitis: chronic pharyngitis patients will sleep at night coughing throat itchy situation, the need to quit smoking in time and limit alcohol, for chronic simple pharyngitis, you can use compound borax solution gargle; for chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis patients, you also need to use silver nitrate solution to cauterize hypertrophic lymphoid follicles, to achieve therapeutic effect.
Patients also need to pay attention to daily habits, quit smoking and alcohol, light diet, strengthen physical exercise, enhance resistance.
The causes of coughing and tickling at night are many, and it is recommended to consult a doctor for a clear diagnosis and standardized treatment with the doctor.