Itchy Throat

Chewing gum is the only thing I have managed to use that relives this! Keeps your mouth moist and prevents the itching, giving you some relief!

Since you said the "D" part of the claritan keeps you awake, try taking Sudafed PE and not the Claritan with the "D".  You may be kept awake by the Pseudoephedrine in the "D".  The "D" is only a decongestant but I too willnotice sleep problems with the regular Sudafed and sometimes have to change to the Sudafed PE.  Hope it helps.

Steroid nasal spray is the only thing that worked for me too. Much better than claritin. I take it year round now.

I found an alternative: NasalCrom! You have to take it 4 times a day and it is also a nasal spray. It works great after you use it for a week; it is like Flonase in that way, but has no steroids!! Once or twice a week I also use a Netti Pot to irrigate my nasal passageways and find that it removes the flem from my throat pretty well! Hope this helps all of you.

i have a super itchy throat too. it itches during the day too but especially as night. i take zyrtec and it works for me. when the over the counter zyrtec came out, i tried it and it didnt work as well for me as the prescription. so i still get mine with prescription. but its good stuff. summers are worst though and even with the zyrtec i still get the occasional itchy throat. but its definately worth a try.

Yes, I have an itchy throat!! I am also a Zyrtec taker and recently tried the generic brand but it is not working. I thought it was phycological at first becuase almost instantly after the switch I was sneezing, running nose, night time drainage (sore throat in morning) and I have had an itchy throat ever since. I am going to try switching back, but I need relief as well. It is keeping me up at night, becuase the itchy throat causes me to cough.

This is my first year dealing with allergies, itchy mild sore throat and stuffy nose. most of the time my throat feels itchy at night and in the morning I have phlem. When I cut out dairy even milk in my coffee It seem to improve.

This is also my first year experience allergies. I believe mine are indoor from dust. I get an incredibly inchy throat that I cough none stop until i have watery eyes, almost like I am choking for air. I find it interesting that you believe milk is associated with allergies. I drink serval glasses a day. This could have  major impact. My allergies are worse at night but always bad in dusty places.

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Yes, bananas.  If cooked no problems.  This has just started in the last few years.  Today I also noticed it happen with a raw plum.  It goes away after awhile.  I have been avoiding bananas.  Any other suggestions?  If I continue to eat bananas will the itching at the back of my mouth/throat get worse?

If I eat peanuts, blackberries, corn syrup I get the itchy throat. I describe it more as a "raw" throat with a razor blade sitting on my tonsil...It's IRRITATING as heck!

Food is very responsible for allergies I'm finding out.  Recently, my daughter discovered a bunch of food intolerances and so did I through the elimination diet.  As we added back foods, YIPES...reaction CITY!

So, she and I are writing a book together called Gluten (and Rice) Free in Poverty, a book about eating without gluten, rice, other allergens on a small budget like we are.

Raw apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, Strawberries (not too bad) Carrots (especially carrot juice) cause an itchy troat up into my ears and itchy lips.  Any of the above cooked are fine.

My throat is soo itchy from my cat. I went to the allergist and he gave me an RX for Asetlin and it works but is soo nasty. it's a nose spray that drips down your throat almost instantly. that alone is enough to make me stop using it. i need something else. Claritin and Zyrtec do nothing for me =( and i'm afraid of benadryl because it makes me so groggy. help!

I have tired many different types of medicines: sprays, pills, syrups. I find spray is the best for anti-drowsy, Nasonex is non-drowsy and does not drip but still needs to be sprayed in the nose.

i have the same problem and i use a mouth wash named Gargalyne and zyrtec works fine but you have to gargle more then often in order to save your throat .. zyrtec works  fine bt sometimes it does not work at all .

hi i have read your note and i suffer from exactly the same symptoms. I went to see my doctor but he said it was nothing and it was probable hayfever.However, ive never had hayfever and the itching is getiing really irritating. ive had it for about 3 months now, and the symptoms are itching at the top back of my mouth, itchy nose and years, and i cought mostly at night-when i do cough it feels like there is a fur ball stuck in my throat . i have never really had any allergies and i am really worried as i do not know what is causing all these symptoms. Thanks

Hi Mena,

Your symptom complex sounds a lot like allergic rhinitis (typically called hay fever). There are many discussions about allergic rhinitis on this HealthCentral site. You should see a board certified allergist as soon as you can. If you are in an HMO ask your primary doctor for a referral to an allergist. There are specific medications which may be very helpful to you but first your trigger factors must be identified. Food allergy is doubtful..., but yet possible. Your entire history, regarding this problem should be reviewed, followed by a physical exam and skin testing.

Good Luck!

J. Thompson, MD

Get Ready: This works!  Neil Med 2x Daily (Ask your Pharmacist), Nasalchrom ( again, ask your pharmacist), Gargle with Hydrogen peroxide, and make a 1/3 solution of Hydorgen peroxide and 2/3 distilled water in a squirt it in each nostril 2x daily. Oh, eat garlic and or raw jalepenos daily tossed in a nice salad.   Good Luck!  P.S. Zyrtec didn't do much for me.

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almost same here....

itches for couple minutes n gone...

if you try to make it go away by scratching(moving tongue from the back or kinda coughing) it make it worst, makes me sneez, give me watery eyes, then i get runny nose, feels like itches back of my ear and throat...and it goes away after couple minutes... and i have stuffy nose all day long(only when i m not moving arround like walking or doing some physical work) also headache comes and go all day long

This started back like 5 years ago...

when there was construction going arround one of my house...

 i thing it's the "Joint Compound" they use to smooth out the sheetrocks. When Joint Compound is sanded, the dust from it really scratches your throat...

after this happned to me... i started getting itchy throat when room temperature changes really fast... like when i start heat in my car when its cold outside... i think, tempreature wise most of the times it's HEAT that trigers it.

a year ago i had a really bad sore throat... and i knew it started from this throat itch...

first i had itchy throat

then runny nose and headache

then sore throat

then fever

so i was like this for about 3 days...

went to the doctor told her about how i thought it happend...

she gave me insulin for throat cuz i had a positive result for sore throat infection...

and she gave me zyrtec (not the prescription one).

so i started having zyrtec 10m ... n had it for 3 months.. worked preety good...

then i started getting itchy eyes!!! that was bad!

cuz of itchy eyes i had to stop taking them...

now i take them when ever i get itchy throat or when ever i think it will be a bad day if i dont take it... cuz i dont like taking any medicine everyday or getting itchy eyes for taking em every day and get addicted to them...

so its been a year now... winter is here... and heat is killing me now...

i am taking zyrtec almost every day... some how my nose feels like it's burning from inside... and zyrtec does not work some times...

i need a perminant fix(treatment) for this!

sometimes i feel like cutting my throat out and scratch it! or

put some kind of shield inside! i hate it!

hey i got a question! Can some kind of surgery be done on it!?

Thank You

I've found something that helps me. I've been getting itchy throat off and on -- just started getting really bad in the last few weeks. Two nights ago it was torturing me, and I went out to Whole Foods to see if there was anything natural I hadn't tried yet. On the way in was a display of grapefruit and slices to sample. I took a bite of one, AND IT HELPED, practically right away. Suddenly, my throat was tolerable. Not great, but tolerable. I bought some whole grapefruit and some (fresh) grapefruit juice and have been eating and drinking lots over the last 48 hours. And... it has really helped. Things are not perfect, but my throat is far less itchy.

I did a little research and came up with quercetin as the reason why the grapefruit may be helping me. If you don't hate grapefruit, you might consider giving it a try. The ruby red grapefruit is often pretty sweet, not super sour. Quercetin is also sold as a supplement, but I haven't gone that route yet, since I'm still improving with the fresh stuff.

I have the same allergy except whenever I eat certain FRESH fruits and nuts such as almonds, apples, PEACHES, pears, oranges, strawberries, cherries, kiwi and bananas my throat begins to swell causing me to hyperventilate, and my lips swell. This doesn't happen with canned fruit (ONLY FRESH or DRIED fruit).  During one of my attacks at work, 5 minutes after eating some beautiful fresh bright red strawberries, I began to choke and couldn't breathe, out of desparation and several attempts of doucing me with water, my boss shoved Half & Half milk down my throat.  Wah-Lah! My cure.  From that time on I drink "MILK" to stop the attack.  That's what works for me.

This reaction may be due to an allergic response to the pesticides used in these fruits. I could only eat fruits I could PEEL for years - now I eat organic peaches, grapes, strawberries, nectarines, and so on and have no problems.

Hello you poor things!!  Having not had a cold for years I've now had nine months of these so-called 'allergy' symptoms thinking I was sufffering alone- it was a relief to find this site!

I had woken at three thirty this morning as usual due to the severe itching in my palate and then ears and throat; several hot drinks one after another help produce lots of mucus that then seems to clear the itching and after about three hours and five or six various drinks, teas, cocoa etc. I can be symptom free for the rest of the day.  FIVE HOURS WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK WHILE ASLEEP SEEMS TO 'GROW' WHATEVER IT IS BACK TO THE POINT I WAKE WANTING TO SCRATCH MY MOUTH TO BITS. Even the corners of my mouth itch.  Recently I met a lady working at my chemists who has had this for three years so I wasn't very happy to hear that!!!

I've had sinus infections twice in two months and had penecillin.  Had wondered if a complicated broken nose operation last year could have given me this itching. My Doctor is worried and wants me to see an Ear Nose and Throat man if it goes on.

Nystatin for oral thrush had no effect.

Some days or nights for several hours my chest gets involved and I get mucus building up and sound like an old bronchitic smoker - I have never smoked and always keep our home relatively dust and mould free (not obsessive about it) and my none of the family have ever had asthma, exzema or frequent coughs or any hayfever.  We have always had an outdoor cat and an elderly spaniel, and a couple of hamsters - but Xmas 2007 got a tropical fish tank - have wondered about that as it was the only new thing. 

Refused to use the steroid nasal spray as I always read the possible side effects and want to find a permanent and more natural solution.  At the moment I'm just glad I don't have a partner as first thing every morning I use half a loo roll as I sneeze/cough up this clear or yellow mucus! Yuk!!!  Luckily the kids seem to not notice. 

I have tried exclusion dieting (dairy, sugar, caffeine) I have been off Wheat and other grains for several years after I got severe symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and panic attacks when I started baking and eating my own ''good old fashioned'' wholemeal bread!!! I couldn't even walk upstairs for the pain and swelling of all my joints!! (All those symptoms disappeared as soon as I stopped eating grains.) For the itching I've bought anti - allergy pillows and new beds even!! Made absolutely no difference.

Has anyone tried Hypnosis or Acupuncture? Is this itching just our bodies over - reacting to things they should not normally react to and which cannot really harm us? Some nights it is almost as if my body seems to be 'crying' and I wonder if a jolly good cry might cure it all. I try to fit in an afternoon med. or sleep so I don't end up feeling so exhausted by the lack of rest.  Good luck to everyone here - keep us in touch with any good results!! X

I had the itchy throat for years and years so bad I was embarrassed to go to church because I couldn't keep quiet from the spazmodic coughing! I tried EVERYTHING prescribed from my Drs. and two allergists.  I also have a homeopathic Dr. who gave me the gargles, and natural herbs and stuff - no results. My husband has bad allergies and had taken DRIXORAL, he bought off the store shelves, two times a day for 25 years. It only cost about 10.00 a box. He swore by it and I had tried it occasionally over the years but only for a couple of days. Finally, I got so desperate I took one every day for a couple of weeks and DRIXORAL GAVE ME RELIEF!

Then the Government stepped in and passed laws making it hard to get. We had to constantly worry about getting our DRIXORAL because you were limited to two... then one box every two weeks by pharmacies. Last year it became unavailable in the U.S. My husband got very ill. His nose stopped up so badly he got a sinus infection and couldn't eat. I started coughing again and developed cold air asthma! Drs. gave me more medicines that didn't work.

I went to my computer and found I could order DRIXORAL from Canada. My husband is now perfectly clear again and I found that DRIXORAL stopped my itchy throat and asthma again. I tell you it's the greatest medicine known to mankind! We have NO SIDE EFFECTS either except for a little dry mouth on my part. I sometime carry a drink with me too from years of having to in order to sooth my throat. If I get a little dry mouth I carry gum, hard candy or cough drops to keep my saliva running so that helps with digestion too.  

Try DRIXORAL for at least a month. I think you will get relief.

I have your problem.  Once my throat starts itching, I start coughing and can hardly stop until I almost throw-up or wet my pants.  My allergy doctor said I had a very sensitive throat.  I take Visrx, it's a one pill in the morning and one a night dosage.  I have cut down to 1/2 pill morning and night.  Then I use Patanase spray for when it flares up if I  "smell" something that really gives me a coughing fit.  This is the only thing that works.  I have tried them all.  I have dry mouth, but who cares?

To sufferers of itchy throat,

I suffer from a itching throat too and asthma. What a great combination... Whenever I would get that annoying itch in the back of my throat, I would cough rapidly and then sometimes I would wheeze. I would wake up in the middle of the night and cough up mucus. I say the TEMPORARY cure for the wheezing is to breathe in humid, hot air in your shower or bathtub. As for the itch, I have no cure. However, try drinking tea or grape juice. It helps just a tad. My doctor perscribed me Singulair and my itch has relieved just a tad. But not completely yet, because this my second day taking the pill.

Haha, funny thing is, I gurgled some Listerine and it went right away. I just gurgled it as far down my throat as I could without puking. Suckas!

I have tried that too. It brings temproray relief. Best when coupled with your allergy medicine and a benedrol - you can usually sleep a large block with out waking up. But, I have found if I use it too much, I wake up with a belly ache.

I too suffer from th same symptons--tried everything--allegist, etc.  am now just starting with accupuncture.  Says that my immune system is not worj=king the way it should so trying to build this up with plenty of vitsmin c

wow, most of you seem as desperate as I have been a few months ago. For the last few years I was getting horrible sinus infections and colds. I went back to the doctor every few weeks during the winter last year and he gave me so many doses of antibiotics my tongue turned a weird color (it's back to normal now) and I felt like a disaster. I also went to get acupuncture and took some tonics that gave me panic attacks. I tried chinese herbs, vitamins and almost everything you can find on amazon.com as well as your regular neighborhood pharmacy.

I did get some real good authentic chinese tea which helped my immune system a lot, but not sure what was in it so I won't get much into it. Instead I'll let you know what has helped me feel much healthier and get my post nasal drip under control. That according to my allergist and all the books I've read is the cause of an itchy throat. I either cough like crazy, or in worst cases can't even talk.

The main cause of is foods... stop eating anything with MSG, dairy, peaches... and anything you feel makes your throat feel worst. Drink lots of water... add some lemon too it in when you remember, especially in the morning. Use your netti pot at least once a day, this will fix your mucous membranes that are probably ruined due to the dry air, pollution and all the nasal sprays the doctors prescribe. I took nasonex for a few months and started getting nosebleeds. STAY AWAY FROM ANY CHEMICALS!

Learn about how to alkalize your body, this will help a lot also to get your immune system back on track. There are many books on the net.

Now for what I take daily that really helps.

Morning - 1 mega veggie tablet (botanic choice) , 1 calcium

Lunch - Allergy homeopathic allergy relief tablets (botanic choice), mucous relief complex (botanic choice)

Dinner - 1 grapeseed extract

The botanic choice pills are the only natural tablets that I've tried that really work for me, as I have tried many that make symptoms much worse. There is also a company callled swanson vitamins that looks very similar but I'm sticking with what works for me otherwise I would try that too.

I wish you guys the best of luck. I went from taking allergy pills, and nose sprays every day to not injecting almost any chemicals into my body... definitely no pills or prescriptions for over three months. I have been diagnosed with serioius hay fever and now the season is in full swing. The one thing that I did notice is that when my nose is stuffy and I can't breathe at night it's better to unclog it with something than let the bacteria sit there and cause some kind of infection later. For that I use a spray (neo-synephrine regular non-drowsy) maybe once or twice a week. One spray is enough for a night, and there are weeks when I don't need it at all.

the only thing that works for my itchy throat is taking liquid benadryl.. it has to be the liquid tho.. it works immediately.. also cepacol lozenges numb my throat as well...

I use the netty pot sinus cleanse - still have headaches and drainage - I have used all the things people are talking about like peroxide, salt, xyrtec, clariden, singular except the aerius allergy...hmm

I maybe a little off and some people can't take this but I find peanut butter helps stop the ichy throat.  For some it causes the itchy throat, for me it stops it.  If you can handle peanut butter try it.

Well, lets just say i was too lazy to warm up some hot water for my tea and i didnt want any "temporarily" relief. I want this itch/cough gone!!!

So after reading everyones suggestions, which, most, required me to purchase from the store, i decided to go with Dave's suggestion; I mean its free and I already have it in my pantry. And let me just say that this really, really, really works!!! (xxCross my heartxx)

I took 1 spoon full and just as Dave said, its taste funny, it feels really weird but good in a way (the part where the sauce coats the throat) and in a minute or two...the itch is gone!!!

There's the occassional cough but its not as bad as it was 10 minutes ago. Go try it!

**I may come back tomorrow to really let you know whether this was just temporarily or for good. Now to get rid of this cough---Aleve 2x.

Its me again, Tabzwifey and from my last post, I promise I was coming back to let you know if this worchester sauce was temporary or not and let me just say so far, with an occasional itch here and there, this seem to work!!!

I didnt take aleve right after as I said I would but I did find a some of my boyfriends' prescription cough syrup that I took so that seem to take care of my cough. I slept through the night without having to cough or run to the bathroom to cough out some phlem.

I did take 2x aleve just moments ago cause it seem i'm having a slight fever.

Just as if the Doctors prescribe, i'll probably take another shot of worcester sauce and cough syrup once a day, aleve for my fever, and drink lots of liquid (orange juice, water, tea.

To all who's reading this cause your going through what I'm going through, try this out and let me know how this remedy did for you! Take care!!

I've been suffering for years with the same cough as all of you. I've been to an ear, nose, and throat doctor- spent way too much money, all for nothing. The Neti pot got rid of that annoying tickle in my throat in under a week. I also like that I'm not putting all those chemicals in my body. The 1st week, I also took over the counter Alavert allergy melt-in-your-mouth tablets along with using the neti pot twice a day. Now I do it once a day for maintenance. Try it if you are suffering!

when my throat itches i take zyrtec it really helps then i will google with hot water it may come back but you have to keep trying!!!!!!!!