Itchy throat cough

Introduction Itching of the throat is characterized by itchy throat, itching cough, the more cough, the cough point above the glottis, the chest through the lungs without lesions. Throat and cough is a symptom of irritating laryngeal hair itch and dry cough caused by inflammation of the throat after a cold. If the treatment is improper, it is often delayed and some allergic constitutions are irritated, or it is stimulated by bad factors such as dust, chemical gas and climate change. Caused, often coughing for several months, the general cough medicine is invalid. Mainly in the use of workers, such as teachers, actors, ticket sellers and so on. Because of long-term use of speech and singing, excessive stimulation of the pharynx, causing chronic congestion and disease.

Cause

1. Cold: Throat and cough are a kind of irritating throat itch and dry cough caused by inflammation of the throat after a cold. The treatment is often delayed and difficult to heal.

2. Throatitis: Recurrent episodes of acute pharyngitis are not completely cured and turn chronic, long-term dust or harmful gas stimulation, excessive alcohol and tobacco, other bad habits, sinusitis secretion stimulation, allergies or decreased body resistance.

3. Occupational factors: mainly in the use of workers, such as teachers, actors, ticket sellers and so on. Because of long-term use of speech and singing, excessive stimulation of the pharynx, causing chronic congestion and disease.

4. Others: Some people with allergic constitution, or caused by bad factors such as dust, chemical gas, climate mutation, etc., often cough for several months, the general cough medicine is effective.

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Itching, coughing, sputum or no phlegm in the throat often occurs in patients with chronic pharyngitis and laryngitis. It is easy to develop in children, adults and the elderly. Light throat is often itchy cough, heavy affects work and sleep, it can not be self-restraint when itching, and if it breaks when speaking, it is forced to interrupt speech.

The nature, color, and consistency of the cough are indicative of the nature and severity of the disease. In general, a number of cough with back, leg pain, fever, body temperature over 39 ° C, headache, sore throat, can be judged as flu, if the sputum turns yellow green, it indicates that the pathogen infection, mostly upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis , sinusitis, etc., if cough accompanied by difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness, can be diagnosed as bronchial asthma, if coughing up pink bloody or yellow rust-like sputum, accompanied by chest pain, headache, fever, difficulty breathing, it may be Infected with pneumonia.

Differential diagnosis

Cough is one of the most common symptoms of respiratory diseases. It is a protective nerve reflex that produces an expiratory shock through coughing, which can excrete foreign bodies or secretions in the respiratory tract. Cough is accompanied by sputum called wet cough. Can be seen in pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, fibrovascular tuberculosis and so on. When you cough, there is no such thing as a dry cough. Can be seen in acute pharyngitis, bronchitis, early tuberculosis, pleurisy and other cough with chest pain. Common in pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchial cancer, spontaneous pneumothorax. Cough with wheezing can be seen in bronchial asthma, spastic bronchitis, cardiogenic asthma, and intratracheal foreign body. Cough with weight loss is one of the symptoms of tuberculosis. Cough with difficulty breathing is one of the symptoms of spontaneous pneumothorax. Itching, coughing, sputum or no phlegm in the throat often occurs in patients with chronic pharyngitis and laryngitis.

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