Coughing with phlegm in the throat is caused by acute simple pharyngitis, and may also be caused by bronchitis, according to the cause and the degree of the disease to choose the cause of treatment and local treatment.
1. Acute simple pharyngitis: caused by viral infection and stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors, can cause cough and phlegm in the throat. Commonly used compound borax solution gargle, take iodine throat tablets, dulcetonium tablets and so on to improve the symptoms, but also can be used 1% ~ 3% iodized glycerin, 2% silver nitrate smear the back wall of the pharyngeal swelling of the lymphatic follicles. For viral infections, apply antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin and acyclovir.
2. Bronchitis: often caused by bacterial infections produce symptoms of coughing and phlegm in the throat, you can let the patient rest, drink more water, use budesonide, ipratropium bromide and other drugs such as nebulized inhalation, the use of amoxicillin, cefuroxime and other anti-infective drugs, for the coughing of the patients with a strong cough, but also the use of dextromethorphan and other drugs to suppress coughing.
Throat cough, phlegm symptoms, may also be caused by other diseases, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to identify the cause, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.