What Causes Severe Dryness In The Throat?

Posted on Tue, 26 Jul 2016

Medically reviewed by Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 Answered on

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 Last reviewed on

Question : Dear Doctor,

I'm facing severe problems with dryness of my throat, at night my throat and mouth are completely dry. As soon as I wake up sometimes I'm finding it difficult to get saliva & swallow saliva or drink water. During the day time even though I drink water my throat is getting dried faster, I'm not able to talk sometimes. These symptoms have started only from past 15 days.

MEDICAL HISTORY:

From my chilhood I'm suffering from tonsils & throat infections. I have sinus infection & sometimes my nose will be blocked. I have difficulty in breathing & severe issues with digestion, joint pains,muscle weakness, fatigue & I have burning sensation in my stomach.

Answered by Dr. Sumit Bhatti (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Mouth breathing, PND, acid reflux, food intolerance.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query.

1. These are the symptoms arising from mouth breathing (due to nasal obstruction), Post Nasal Drip ( PND ), acid reflux and food intolerance.

2. Start anti reflux medication (such as rabeprazole with levosulpiride), Mucaine Gel and get a Food Print test done.

3. The nasal obstruction should be treated with medication (such as anti-allergic, steroid nasal sprays and steam inhalation) and if there in no response, a turbinate reduction by radifrequency or coblation will help relieve the nasal obstruction. PND due to sinusitis will also decrease.

I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar