Dry itchy throat

Introduction Dry throat, itching, and foreign body sensation are clinical manifestations of acute laryngitis. Acute laryngitis is an acute catarrhal inflammation of the laryngeal mucosa, often secondary to acute rhinitis, sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, which is part of the entire upper respiratory tract infection and can occur separately. Sometimes shouting, overuse, and severe cough can also cause acute laryngitis. If it occurs in children, the condition is more serious.

Cause

The cause of dry and itchy throat

(1) Reduced body resistance: After a cold, the body's resistance is reduced, which can induce acute laryngitis. At the beginning, most of them were viral infections, and the bacteria took advantage of them (including pneumococci, influenza bacilli, hemolytic streptococcus, etc.).

(2) Occupational factors: actor, faculty, salesperson, etc. are overused; factory and mine workers inhale excessive production dust or harmful gases (such as chlorine, ammonia, bromine, iodine, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, pesticides, etc.).

(3) Acute infectious diseases: The disease is often combined with acute infectious diseases such as measles, whooping cough, influenza, and scarlet fever.

(4) Trauma: Throat foreign body stimulation, check the damage of the device (such as direct laryngoscope, bruise when bronchoscopy).

an examination

Related inspection

Oral endoscopic otolaryngography CT examination

Dry and itchy throat examination

Generally, the systemic symptoms are not obvious. The lighter ones only have hoarseness, the sound is rough, low, and hoarse. Later, they can gradually increase, or even completely aphasia, throat pain and general malaise. Individual patients may have symptoms such as fever and chills. Other symptoms are cough, phlegm, dry throat, itching, and foreign body sensation. If the throat is severely swollen, inspiratory dyspnea may also occur, but it is rare in adults.

Differential diagnosis

Symptoms of dry and itchy throat

Pharyngeal burning pain: viral pharyngitis acute onset is acute, first in the pharynx and oral mucosa, tonsils and mouth angles, there are needle-sized herpes, round or oval, isolated or clustered together, quickly ruptured to form shallow Ulcer, the surface is covered with a pale yellow pseudomembrane, the surrounding mucosa is bright red, accompanied by chills, fever, pharyngeal burning pain. The tingling of the throat is a symptom of an infarction, which is often stabbed and boned. Throat in the throat may also be a local manifestation of chronic pharyngitis. Throat dryness and burning sensation: Zinc poisoning is mainly caused by the application of galvanized vessels to prepare or store acidic beverages. At this time, the acidic solution can decompose more zinc to cause poisoning. Other reasons are medicinal zinc oxide (usually used as astringent) or zinc sulfate (usually used to treat conjunctivitis) or large area wounds to absorb zinc oxide (often mildly astringent or antiseptic powder), after misuse of zinc salt There are mouth, pharynx and digestive tract erosion lips and glottis swelling, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and water and electrolyte disorders, severe cases of high blood pressure, shortness of breath, dilated pupils, shock, convulsions and other crises. After inhalation of zinc oxide dust, there may be a dry throat and a burning sensation, hoarseness or even a loss of sound, and a metallic taste and chest in the mouth. Throat in the throat and mouth is one of the symptoms of eating sprouted potato poisoning. The throat is a general term for the pharynx and the larynx. The pain is mainly caused by inflammation, such as acute and chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, and tonsillitis. Sore throat is the most common symptom of pharyngitis, as well as discomfort such as itchy throat, dry throat, and foreign body pharynx.

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