The Dreaded Dry Cough At Night

[SnowDragon]

Q. So where does this damn dry scratchy cough from? It seems like whenever I go to bed in 5 or 10 minutes of laying down I get this weird dry cough. It's not a chest cough...it's a dry scratchy throat cough that goes on for like 20 minutes. I don't have it through the day, only after I lay down and go to bed. I regularly brush my teeth before going to bed and find myself coughing so much I bring a glass of ice water with me. I have even tried gargling extensively with mouthwash, but it doesn't go away it seems like it's even worse.

A. It's your toothpaste, specifically toothpaste which has Sorbitol or some other ingredient ending in "ol" which are sugar alcohol cousins of PG. Throat dryness is caused by the sugar alcohol that is PG, so when you brush your teeth it adds to the levels of sugar alcohol resulting in thoroughly drying out your throat which leads to the dreaded dry cough. Mouthwash is much much worse due to the high levels of denatured alcohol.

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Q. So how do I remedy this and avoid the dreaded dry cough?

A. I started brushing my teeth 30 minutes before going to bed and switched to a alcohol free mouthwash....Guess what? No more dry scratchy throat...no more cough!



Hope this was helpful.....

 

[Morandir835]

Thank you Snow sir. One note to add, drinking (as in delicious alcohol) and vaping before bed can make it worse...

 

[KrisBKream]

You are such killjoys! I will continue my nightly gargle of sex on the beach no matter what you say!

1.5 oz. vodka
1.5 oz. peach schnapps
2 oz. orange juice
2 oz. cranberry juice cocktail
2 oz. pineapple juice

Combine in shaker, shake but don't stir, strain into highball glass with ice.

Cuz you know, wouldn't want ice in your... ice.

 

[CatMommy]

Thank you Snow sir. One note to add, drinking (as in delicious alcohol) and vaping before bed can make it worse...

I resemble this remark.

 

[katz-in-boots]

Thank you Snow sir. One note to add, drinking (as in delicious alcohol) and vaping before bed can make it worse...

Killjoy

 

[jbmcdan]

so I should stop gargling with Absolut ?

 

[Morandir835]

Only saying so because I'm very guilty of it... Not trying to be a killjoy, just stating the truth....

Possibly Ms. Jbmcdan, but rather have the cough than no sweet delicious needed alcohol....

 

[grandpawrichard]

Snow,
You are such a fountain of Great Information! You are Amazing my Friend! Thanks for this tip! My wife is forever suffering from the same thing, so I'll definitely pass this on to her!

GPR

 

[waylonjessi4ever]

hahaha you guys YES ! were not only addicted to nicotine but alchys too ? lmao just kidding

 

[plantlvr]

Well now...I have a habit when I come home from work of having a couple 'lite' beers ( Morandir is shuddering as he reads this ) with a shot or two of tequila. I'm not ready to give up this vice BUT I did end today, my once a day diet coke of over 20 years, (and replaced it with unsweetened green tea) habit cus I want to get healthier

 

[Morandir835]

Indeed Ms. Plantlvr, the only lite beer I know of is 60 min ipa. Only 100 some calories....

 

[SAG]

Thanks Snow for the info! BTW, how did you figure that it? Your awesomeness continues

 

[plantlvr]

Indeed Ms. Plantlvr, the only lite beer I know of is 60 min ipa. Only 100 some calories....

Thank you for that info Morandir, I will look that beer up

 

[katz-in-boots]

Only saying so because I'm very guilty of it... Not trying to be a killjoy, just stating the truth....

Possibly Ms. Jbmcdan, but rather have the cough than no sweet delicious needed alcohol....

Okay, so it's a matter of choice? Alcohol & cough, v no alcohol & no cough. Hmmm, this is going to be tough...

 

[Morandir835]

Ms. Plantlvr, it's actually 209 calories, always thought it was 193 or so (that's 100 something)....

 

[incantius]

no prob with alcohol here...been dry for around 19 years now. i never had a problem with knowing when to stop...that usually happened when i passed out

 

[kittypie]

Obviously you people did not take notice of my cautionary tale last week

 

[Mookelboo]

This is why I don't bother brushing my teeth at night. I figure the 209 (ugg, is it really that much Morandir?? :yikes: ) calorie beer kills most of the bad stuff. And what that misses, the wine or scotch picks up.... simples.

 

[EleanorR]

Okay, so it's a matter of choice? Alcohol & cough, v no alcohol & no cough. Hmmm, this is going to be tough...

No, hon. Do what I do: vape in bed, and have a nice tall bottle of chilled water on the nightstand! Problem solved!

This is why I don't bother brushing my teeth at night. I figure the 209 (ugg, is it really that much Morandir?? :yikes: ) calorie beer kills most of the bad stuff. And what that misses, the wine or scotch picks up.... simples.

Um, ewwww . . . (you're joking, right? )

 

[Ethereal]

Hi my name's mark and I'm an alchoholic