Pharyngitis is more common in childhood, due to an imperfect immune system in infants. They can be sick several times a year, both in winter and in summer. Pharyngitis in a child causes inflammation and swelling of the soft tissues and mucous membrane of the back of the throat. Symptoms of the disease in children in severity may be different, but they are always accompanied by pain.
What causes pharyngitis in a child? The causative agents of this disease are usually viruses that cause the flu or the common cold. Quite often, the development of pharyngitis occurs in children against the background of infectious mononucleosis. By the age of twenty, a person develops immunity to the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes infectious mononucleosis, so adults rarely experience this disease. In addition to viruses, pharyngitis in a child can also be caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. Exact determination of the cause of the disease will help determine the treatment method. Patients with viral and bacterial pharyngitis receive different therapy. The body will not be of any benefit if the treatment is prescribed incorrectly.
The very first symptoms of a throat disease in children appear immediately, on the day after infection. The child's voice wheezes, a runny nose and a cough appear. With bacterial pharyngitis , the patient has a sore throat, aggravated during swallowing, the temperature rises sharply, accompanied by a headache. The pharynx becomes red and swollen, tonsils are covered with whitish-yellow spots. To clarify what pharyngitis is in the child, and the appointment of appropriate treatment, an examination by a doctor is required, who will definitely take a swab from the throat. The results of the study will help identify the type of bacteria that caused the disease.
Until an accurate diagnosis is established and treatment is prescribed, you can help your child with simple means. For example, it is widely known that garlic has antifungal and antiviral properties and helps soothe a sore throat. You can use it separately or adding to food. Diseases of the pharynx are almost always treated in combination with gargles. This is usually done with warm salt water. You can prepare the solution at home by taking a couple of teaspoons of salt and a glass of warm water.
The cause of a disease such as acute pharyngitis is the streptococcus bacterium, which, in addition, can cause scarlet fever. This infection is accompanied by a tumor of the tonsils, they redden and become covered with white plaque or pus. Acute pharyngitis in a child is most common in adolescence. Its symptoms, in addition to sore throat, are bright, red rashes on the stomach, chest and arms, similar to the texture of sandpaper.
Treatment at home with acute pharyngitis is also carried out by rinsing with salt water. The procedure must be carried out several times a day, spitting out saline.
During the treatment of the disease, heavy drinking is recommended.