Before starting treatment for pharyngitis at home, it is worthwhile to find out what kind of disease it is, because of what it appears and what its symptoms are. So what is pharyngitis? This is an inflammation of the throat mucosa that occurs after infection or as a result of a complication of another disease, such as sinusitis, tonsillitis, caries, gingivitis or stomatitis.
The main reason for the development of pharyngitis
The main cause is infection. Any fungi and viruses, having fixed themselves on the walls of the throat, begin their life activity, that is, they multiply and secrete dangerous substances, which causes unpleasant inflammation. It has been established that most often these are viruses, and then bacteria. There are cases that pharyngitis is provoked by irritation of the pharyngeal mucosa, it can be hot food, alcohol, cigarette smoke, gas, etc. The first in the list of often sick are middle-aged and older men who smoke for a long time. If this disease is not treated, it will become chronic. Also, a risk group may include people living in an area with an unfavorable environmental situation, working in an enterprise with harmful emissions into the atmosphere, often overcooling, often suffering from acute respiratory viral infections, and are subjected to constant stress.
Symptoms of Pharyngitis
Before you start treatment for pharyngitis at home, if there is no way to see a doctor, you need to identify its symptoms. Very often, pharyngitis is confused with tonsillitis or another respiratory disease, because the symptoms are very similar:
- sore throat, swallowing, sharp pain is felt, itching and burning in the throat, as if something is in the throat and interferes;
- a sufficiently dry cough, rarely with the separation of small sputum;
- body temperature is not elevated, or there is a slight deviation from the norm;
- the general weakness of the whole organism is felt;
- headache;
- lymph nodes are enlarged.
Proper treatment of pharyngitis at home
Treatment of pharyngitis is carried out conservatively, comprehensively. Part of the treatment is aimed at eliminating sore throat, reducing swelling of the pharynx, and eliminating perspiration. Another part is the fight against pathogens. Pharyngitis is treated with antibiotics, painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs. During this period, the patient is contraindicated in spicy, salty, hot, cold food, in general, any that can irritate the pharyngeal mucosa.
If pharyngitis is acute
In acute pharyngitis, various sprays, aerosols and pills
for sore throats can quickly cope with the infection that provoked the disease
. Lozenges and lozenges are used at the initial stage of the disease, because they can not cope with
severe sore throat. Antiseptics can be used only after the establishment of the causative agent of pharyngitis. In conjunction with treatment, a course is aimed at restoring the body's immune system.
Chronic pharyngitis
Such pharyngitis has a slightly different treatment - oral sanitation, which consists in treating all teeth, gums, if there is bleeding, eliminating all the harmful factors that cause the disease to develop.
Of course, treatment of pharyngitis at home is possible, but still it is better to seek help from a doctor. He will make the correct diagnosis and prescribe the right medication.