Allergies can cause dry cough. Dry cough means that there is no phlegm produced in the throat. Therefore, the throat feels dry and irritated when you couch. Often the cough comes as if from nowhere without you being able to control it. This can be especially vexing because you have to cough without any control of it.
Causes of Allergic Cough
Allergic cough can have many causes. One is allergic rhinitis, which makes phlegm flow into the throat. With dry cough, however, this is not the case. When your throat it irritated directly by the allergy, you have an allergic dry cough.
Treatment of Allergy Related Dry Cough
If your cough lasts continuously for more than two weeks you should see a doctor in order to be able to determine whether the cough is caused by something more serious than allergy. If, however, the reason for the cough is allergy there are treatments available. Some of these include:
– Corticosteroids
– Antihistamines
– Anticongestants
– Cough lozenges
– Cough suppressants
These products are good in reducing the symptoms you get when your body tries to fight the allergen. Because the symptoms are unnecessary for you to experience since the substance that causes the allergy is harmless to you it is sensible to get rid of the symptoms if possible. Cough lozenges help you get rid of the dryness in your throat. Cough suppressants are also good for treating dry cough.
Side Effects of Cough Medications
Treatment with medicines causes side effects such as drowsiness, which make their prolonged use unadvisable. This is why a better way of tackling the problem is to use desensitization treatment. This involves getting exposed to the allergens by a doctor in controlled environment, which should, over a period of time, make the immune system better able to get used to the allergen.
