Dry, tickling and coughing throat may be associated with diseases such as chronic allergic pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis and cough variant asthma. Depending on the cause of the disease and the characteristics of the condition, general treatment, medication and surgical treatment are needed to control the disease and relieve the symptoms. There is no effective way to relieve cough and itchiness that is suitable for all kinds of diseases.
1. Chronic allergic pharyngitis: after contact with allergens, allergy sufferers may experience dry, itchy throat and cough in the throat. Need to avoid contact with clear allergens and adverse physical and chemical factors stimulation. Oral cetirizine and other antihistamines, prednisone and other glucocorticoids. Nebulized inhalation of budesonide suspension can also be used to reduce the inflammatory response.
2. Reflux pharyngolaryngitis: the reflux of gastric contents into the throat can lead to damage to the mucous membrane of the throat, increased sensory nerve sensitivity, stimulated by inflammatory factors and external environmental factors, often occurring dry, itchy throat and cough. On the basis of the above treatment, acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole and anti-reflux drugs such as cisapride can be taken orally. If the effect of conservative treatment is unsatisfactory, fundoplication is feasible.
3. Cough variant asthma: it is an atypical asthma with chronic cough as the main symptom and airway hyperresponsiveness. Dry, itchy throat, cough, mainly at night. Avoid contact with allergens, avoid excessive exercise can be applied to β2 agonists, such as salbutamol; anticholinergic drugs, such as ipratropium bromide; glucocorticoids, such as prednisone.
Patients who feel dry, itchy throat and cough, need to actively seek medical advice, clear cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.