Itchy dry cough in the throat may be associated with chronic simple pharyngitis, chronic allergic pharyngitis and reflux pharyngitis. General treatment and medication should be chosen according to the cause and degree of illness. Only by treating the cause of the disease can the symptoms be relieved from the root cause, and not by simply relieving the cough.
1. Chronic simple pharyngitis: this disease is often caused by long-term inhalation of dirty air and toxic chemical fumes, acute simple pharyngitis repeated attacks and other factors, easy to trigger the symptoms of itchy dry cough throat. Cough suppressants such as dextromethorphan and codeine can be used in the acute stage. You can take Dumiphene tablets and gargle with borax gargle solution. Compound iodized glycerin can also be used to coat the posterior wall of the pharynx.
2. Chronic allergic pharyngitis: mainly due to allergic patients contact with allergens and external stimuli, the throat itchy dry cough irritating symptoms. It is necessary to effectively avoid contact with allergens, take antihistamines such as cetirizine and glucocorticosteroids such as methylprednisolone orally, and use budesonide powder inhalation to control inflammatory symptoms.
3. Reflux pharyngitis: after the stomach contents reflux to the throat, it corrodes the mucous membrane of the throat, and the inflammatory reaction will cause the sensory nerves of the throat to be in high reactivity, which is easy to produce the above symptoms. While the treatment of chronic simple pharyngitis is rationally applied, acid-suppressing drugs such as lansoprazole and gastrointestinal-promoting drugs such as cisapride can be taken orally.
When the symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough appear, it is necessary to actively seek medical treatment, after the systematic examination and clear diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.