Esophagitis can cause a dry, scratchy throat. The clinical manifestations of esophagitis are esophageal symptoms and extraesophageal symptoms. Esophageal symptoms are reflux and heartburn, chest pain, difficulty in swallowing or a foreign body sensation behind the sternum; extra-esophageal symptoms are caused by reflux that irritates or damages tissues or organs outside of the esophagus, and it can lead to laryngitis, chronic cough, asthma and so on. The clinical symptoms exhibited by pharyngitis are dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat and so on. To summarize, esophagitis is a symptom that can cause dry and itchy throat. If you have any uncomfortable symptoms, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, by the doctor according to the specific conditions, to develop individualized diagnosis and treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition.