If your throat is red but not sore, it can be pharyngitis, which sometimes occurs without a sore throat. This disease is characterized by an acute inflammatory process of the upper respiratory tract, which is accompanied by redness in the throat. Sometimes there is still a slight increase in temperature, the general condition worsens not much.
In children, pharyngitis is much more difficult. If you get sick with pharyngitis, you should gargle with alkaline solutions, lubricate the pharyngeal mucosa with iodicerin or Lugol's solution. You can also drink warm milk with honey if you have never had an allergic reaction to it.
Sometimes it happens that a person has a red throat, but does not hurt for the reason that he has chronic inflammation of the tonsils. It is accompanied by a frequently rising temperature, which is even perceived as constantly elevated. However, the external calm course of the disease is fraught with serious complications. Glands filled with pus poison the internal organs. Affected glands affect the heart and cause other chronic diseases, such as rheumatism, bronchitis, and even stomach ulcers.
In case of any inflammatory diseases, even if the throat is red, but does not hurt, a plentiful drink is useful and indicated, warm teas from herbs (sage, mint, chamomile) will bring invaluable benefits to your body. Calendula tincture is an excellent remedy. But it is best to consult with a specialist who will make the correct diagnosis and prescribe an effective treatment.
If the patient has a red throat, the treatment that can be done before going to the doctor is to rinse with a decoction of various herbal preparations. Your home medicine cabinet should always have chamomile, sage, coltsfoot. It also does not hurt to make a solution for gargling. For its preparation no overseas means will be required, even you will not have to run to the pharmacy. Only salt, soda - on a teaspoon - and two drops of iodine. All this is added to a glass of warm water.
Children who know how to suck on sweets can be offered a “therapeutic treat” - candy with sage, chamomile, honey. Kids really like them. It is most difficult for mothers if they notice a red throat in an infant. But here special syrups with medicines come to their aid, which can easily be forced to drink a tiny little man: these funds, as a rule, have a pleasant fruity-berry taste.
It is important to observe oral hygiene: daily brushing, and after eating, rinse your mouth. Drinking plenty of water during this period is also important. Often the use of antibiotics is the only way out, but with a viral infection of the oral cavity, antibiotics can be useless, or even harm your body.
To alleviate your condition before going to the otolaryngologist, you can gargle with herbal decoctions of sage, oak bark, chamomile. Aerosols with antiseptic and antibacterial effects are recognized as effective in treating throat: Bioparox, Orasept, and Ingalipt.
Hyperemia (redness) is one of the signs of inflammation that occurs due to increased blood flow to the tissues or due to overflow of capillaries or blood vessels. This process is the body's response to bacteria, viruses, and also to an unfavorable environment. To determine the reason why the throat is red, but does not hurt, you should consult a doctor. As a rule, doctors in such cases prescribe Erespal syrup, Tantum Verde spray, and Septefril tablets.
You yourself can supplement the treatment of the child with folk remedies. Using a sterile syringe, irrigate the throat with a decoction of chamomile, calendula, sage, and let the baby drink more. This may be a weak tea with the addition of a small amount of honey if the child does not suffer from allergic reactions. You can make a compress on the neck of the baby from fat warm cottage cheese, gently fix it with a warm scarf. After a few hours, replace the cooled curd mass with a warm one. Leave the scarf on the neck for a little while longer. Competent and timely treatment will give excellent results, and your child will certainly be healthy.