In the cold winter season, pharyngitis has become the most common disease in children. Pharyngitis is called the inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane of the throat. But the disease itself is very rare, in most situations pharyngitis accompanies flu or acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Usually, parents will recognize the disease by the red throat of the child. In babies (up to 2 years), the disease can occur in severe forms and even combine with acute rhinitis and inflammation of the nasopharynx.
Treatment of pharyngitis in a child
The treatment process must be observed by a doctor. It is the doctor who chooses treatment after examining a small patient and is guided by the general condition of the child. Treatment of pharyngitis in a child can be carried out by means of special diets, hot foot baths, folk recipes, for example: hot milk with honey, various gargles, compresses, inhalations and medicines.
Food
Treatment of pharyngitis in a child may include including proper nutrition. As a rule, cold or excessively hot food is removed from the patient’s diet. You should also limit the use of spicy and salty foods. It is better to drink non-carbonated mineral water, home-made natural juices, especially from citrus. It is good to drink tea with a slice of lemon.
Acute pharyngitis. Treatment in children
This form of throat mucosal disease is usually associated with respiratory diseases. Viral in origin disease can be triggered by streptococcus A or other pathogens.
Children feel sore throat, burning and itching, cough a little and may complain of ear pain. Breasts cannot complain, but they speak of the problem in another way: they cry, sleep poorly at night, refuse to eat. In addition, acute pharyngitis is often accompanied by coughing, runny nose and sneezing, as well as fever and conjunctivitis.
We treat correctly
- Gargle can be gargled with infusions of herbs, sea salt, antiseptics up to 4 times a day after meals.
- The throat should be irrigated with antiseptics or aerosols with antibiotics, for example, drugs: Hexoral, Kamenoton, Ingalipt, Yoks, Tantum Verde, Bioparoks. Injections are done up to 4 times a day for 2-3 doses.
- Treatment of pharyngitis in a child can be entrusted with special sucking candies or tablets with painkillers and antibacterial substances in the composition, such as: “Falimint”, “Faringosept”, “Laripront”, “Strepsils” and others.
- Bacterial pharyngitis requires antibiotics.
Of course, babies cannot suck a pill or gargle, so their treatment consists of drinking plenty and drinking a throat.
Catarrhal pharyngitis: treatment
Catarrhal pharyngitis is characterized by inflammation of only the mucous membrane. It does not go deep and does not inflame lymphadenoids - such a disease is already called granular pharyngitis.
To make the correct diagnosis, the doctor examines the throat. In this case, it can be red, with a swollen places membrane that seems dry and covered with purulent plaque. Depending on these symptoms, treatment is prescribed, which with catarrhal pharyngitis is usually limited to rinsing and spraying.
To prevent such problems, it is necessary to strengthen the child’s immune system, take vitamins, eat properly and temper. And then your child will not be afraid of cold and frost!