Recently, many people have stopped paying serious attention to diseases of the throat, and by treatment they understand the banal reception of candies. Such a frivolous attitude to one’s health is dangerous with serious consequences.
Diseases of the throat with weakened immunity can cause complications in the heart, kidneys, and joints, or cause problems with the vocal cords. Therefore, any disease of the throat must be properly treated, on time and correctly diagnosed and determine the cause of the disease.
Causes of Throat Disease
There are many causes of inflammatory throat diseases. The disease is acute or chronic, sometimes external or internal. The causative agents of the disease are most often infection and microbes that affect either the tonsils and cervical glands, or the surface of the mucous membranes.
A sore throat can be caused by a tumor, trauma, sore throat, thyroid disease. The load on the vocal cords, irritation of the mucous membrane with alcohol, effervescent drinks and tobacco also provoke a sore throat.
Types of Throat Disease
The most common diseases of the throat include pharyngitis, laryngitis and tonsillitis. With pharyngitis, the back of the throat becomes inflamed as a result of a virus or infection entering the body. Pharyngitis is accompanied by dry cough, runny nose, slightly elevated temperature, hoarseness.
Laryngitis is characterized by loss of voice, increased hoarseness and shortness of breath. In acute laryngitis, the temperature rises slightly, the disease is sometimes accompanied by a headache.
Angina usually begins suddenly. The patient complains of heaviness in the throat, tonsils swell and blush, sometimes covered with purulent plaque. Sore throat intensifies when swallowing and chewing, the temperature rises significantly. Angina is treated in 1.5 weeks, but with inadequate and untimely treatment, it gives serious complications to the kidneys, heart, and joints.
Candidiasis of the mucous membranes or fungal diseases of the throat is a disease caused by Candida yeast. Despite the fact that candida reside in the body of almost all people, but the fungus in the throat is not always caused. Fungal diseases of the throat in humans arise when immunity is reduced or a session of unmotivated antibiotics and other drugs was given.
The main symptoms of candidiasis are the appearance of inflammation in the throat with vesicles, erosion and fissures. The mucous membrane is covered with white curdled secretions. Affected surfaces itch unpleasantly.
Throat Disease Treatment
Any diseases of the throat need timely treatment.
When treating pharyngitis, you can limit yourself to local exposure using a spray or lozenges. Effectively carry out all kinds of rinses, apply alcohol compresses, stop smoking and taking alcohol.
With laryngitis, it is important to eliminate the causes of the disease. Inhalation with steam and warm air helps well. Drink plenty of water, foot baths with mustard.
Treatment of angina is prescribed only by a doctor. As a rule, it is accompanied by antibiotics and regular rinses. It is important to follow the schedule so as not to cause even greater harm to health.
The treatment of fungal diseases of the throat is based on the use of antifungal agents (creams, ointments), as well as on the treatment with systemic tablets. The fungus treatment is started only after laboratory testing and confirmation of the presence of yeast-like fungi.
Prevention
To prevent sore throat, preventive measures should be taken. To do this, it is enough to ventilate the room in a timely manner, avoiding drafts. It is advisable to rinse the nasal cavity several times a day, and gargle with saline. At the first symptoms of the disease you need:
- Do not smoke;
- speak as little as possible;
- relax;
- consume a lot of water and warm drinks;
- see a doctor.
Such preventive measures will help prevent the disease and stop the development of complications.