Irritated Throat help????!
Question: Well I have been having to clear my throat like HECK OF A LOT and i am not sick, i just got over my coughing medicine, and then when i clear my throat it like becomes dry and itchy!! this is especially irritating to me because i sing. I have tried cough drops and they dont help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Answers: Well I have been having to clear my throat like HECK OF A LOT and i am not sick, i just got over my coughing medicine, and then when i clear my throat it like becomes dry and itchy!! this is especially irritating to me because i sing. I have tried cough drops and they dont help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Maybe you do not hydrate yourself enough. Besides drinking plenty of water, you could:
Drink tea with lemon and honey.
Eat a teaspoon of pure honey.
Gargle with lemon juice .
Gargle with warm water and salt.
Suck on a butterscotch or other creamy hard candy.
This might sound gross, but swallow a very tiny amount of vaseline. (A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.)
This isn't pleasant, but it helps when you need to sing or speak.
this is an old carribean trick.. take a glass of warm water... NOT cold.. warm like almost hot but not boiling... then take 3 table spoons of salt n saturate the water with it.. go to the bathroom and gargle with it.. DONT swallow, you'd get sick.. if u did it right, u after u shud feel your throat warm and soothing, and u shud of been able to spit out sum slime when u spat out the salt water in your mouth.. the aftermath may make u cough, but it provides a very soothing feelin.. dont drink anything for at least 30 min after... and remember warm water NOT cold
this can be embarrassing. some hot water with lemon juice, ginger slices, and honey works better than any medicine i have ever used.
I gargle with a mild mixture of lemon juice and honey. Very soothing. Or suck on a Vicks drop. Cough medicines do not usually help me.
Make ginger tea
Prepare 1 cup of strong green tea
chop up some ginger and put it in the tea
Sweeten with honey to taste
Optional: put lemon juice in
Some people don't like the taste but it's really healthy and can help with a scratchy or sore throat as well as colds.
My son sings professionally in a Southern Gospel Quartet. He swears by "Fisherman's Friend" cough lozenges. you can get them at Wally World or about any drug store. They're not expensive, either, but they are strong...just use half at a time.