I have a very strange problem. I am always coughing because of my sore throat. It happens maybe 4 or 5 times a year now... Always the same symptoms. I'll have a dry hacking cough that I can't get rid of, often the cough is involuntary. I cough more than any other people that I know, and I don't smoke. I'm always coughing. There are these little dot-sized lumps on the back of my throat that the last ent said were something to do with allergies. I've seen doctors.. All have said that it was just a virus that I couldn't do anything about. This is extremely irritating, can anyone help me pls???