Everyone's familiar feeling of dryness in the mouth delivers a lot of unpleasant sensations (pain, perspiration, a scratch of voice) and does not always go away after a warm drink. This can be a sign of various diseases, and can be caused by a number of simple reasons. Therefore, in order not to miss the initial stage of the disease, it is necessary to know which of the causes are the appearance of dryness in the throat. This we will consider in our article. And besides that, we will find out what can be done to alleviate this state.
Why does dryness in the throat appear?
The feeling that you have a lump and dryness in the throat, appears due to the fact that for a number of reasons there is a stop in the production of saliva or it is not released enough. This happens when:
- infectious and bacterial diseases affecting the throat, such as influenza, angina, colds, pharyngitis , parotitis, etc .;
- breathing at night through the mouth;
- allergic reaction, especially often on medicinal preparations;
- smoking;
- violation of the salivary glands as a result of disease or trauma, as well as underdevelopment and atrophy of the pharyngeal mucosa depending on age;
- problems in the thyroid gland;
- the conduct of chemotherapy in the fight against cancer;
- dehydration ;
- dry, polluted air;
- reactions to external stimuli: too cold or hot, as well as spicy food, vapors of heavy metals or alkalis.
Depending on the causes that caused dryness in the throat, it can be constant and periodic. Most often, temporary manifestation of a lack of moisture, is caused by the influence of external factors, rather than diseases.
How can I eliminate dryness in the throat?
Often after the appearance of a sensation of dryness in the throat, they seek advice from the ENT (otolaryngologist). This doctor will examine your nasopharynx, identify the cause and prescribe the necessary treatment. Typically, this is the reception of antibiotics, antiviral drugs, washing the nose with saline solution, processing or irrigation of the throat with antibacterial gels and sprays.
If you are worried about dryness in the nose and throat, the causes of this may be problems not of the respiratory tract, but of the gastrointestinal tract or malfunction in the thyroid gland. Therefore, if you do not have other concomitant symptoms of the disease, you should consult a gastroenterologist or endocrinologist for a special examination.
If dryness in the throat is accompanied by a dry cough and shortness of breath, then it is necessary to get rid of such a harmful habit as smoking, which is one of the most frequent causes of drying of the pharyngeal mucosa.
The sensation of dryness in the mouth in the morning occurs most often because of the excessively dry air in the room where you sleep. This can be corrected by installing an air humidifier. You can also drink a few drinks of water before going to bed and during the night, replenishing the loss of fluid in the body.
If your body reacts very strongly to external stimuli such as dust, over-dried air, then it is necessary to improve the blood supply to the mucosa and the regeneration of tissues, for this there are special medicines (propolis, lysozyme, Papain),
There are also folk recipes for getting rid of dryness in the throat. For this purpose it is recommended to use various essential oils. Particularly effective among them are peach and apricot. They should be instilled in the nose, into each nostril along a whole pipette (about 2 ml), then lie down for 5 minutes to make it glass in the throat and soften it.
If the problem of dryness in the throat troubles you for a long time, even without the absence of other signs of illness, it is worthwhile to seek medical advice. After all, this can be a signal for the onset of a more complex disease.