Often a situation occurs when parents notice that the child has a red neck. Such a fact rarely remains unattended, so the question immediately arises of why a child has a red throat and how to treat it?
Before treatment, you need to figure out what could cause the disease. Most often, such a symptom indicates the development of pharyngitis, and it can cause it:
1) viral infection;
2) bacterial infection ;
3) allergy.
Viral infection
Usually, pharyngitis is caused by ARVI viruses (adenovirus infection, parainfluenza, influenza), but there may be others. A viral infection is characterized not only by a red throat, but also by coughing (it is usually dry, mild), a child complains of sore throat or sore throat (younger children may eat poorly), this pain can be given to the ear or teeth.
In addition to pain and redness in the throat, a viral infection can be accompanied by a runny nose, conjunctivitis, and fever.
Redness of the throat can also occur under the influence of other viruses: measles, enteroviruses. But then other manifestations arise: diarrhea (with enterovirus pharyngitis), rash and fever (with measles).
Red throat in a child than to treat in this case?
- For children older than three years, rinse with antiseptic solutions: “Furasol”, “Furatsillin”, “Malavit”, diluted to a slightly green color with a solution of “Chlorophyllipt”, as well as soda-saline solution (in a glass of water with a teaspoon of salt and soda )
- In children older than two years - the use of inhaled antiseptics: "Ingalipt", "Tantum Verde", "Stopangin."
- Children of any age (only after preliminary familiarization with the instructions) should be given dissolving tablets "Lysobact", "Faringosept", "Angin-heel", "Septolete", "Strepsils".
All children are shown inhalations (best not with steam, but with the help of a nebulizer) with saline solution, with Borjomi. This greatly speeds up recovery.
Bacterial infection
In this case, the temperature is elevated. In addition to the red throat, there may be red tonsils. And if yellow or green mucus flows down the back of the throat, or there are deposits on the tonsils, most likely you can not do without antibiotics.
A bacterial infection is also indicated by the situation when the disease started with a runny nose, fever, sore throat, then all the symptoms disappeared, and the temperature rose again, became very sick and turned red.
What to do if the bacterium is the causative agent of the disease with a symptom such as a red throat in a child. What to treat, the doctor should say (pediatrician or ENT), since it is he who selects the antibiotic.
How to determine a viral or bacterial infection? And how to treat a red throat in a child? The decision should be made by the pediatrician on the basis of examination, complaints and a general blood test. An examination of an ENT doctor will not be superfluous.
Such a simple study as a blood test from a finger should never be neglected, since the late start of antibiotic treatment (in the case of a bacterial infection) can lead to serious complications. And otitis media is the least evil.
Red throat in a child. What to treat if it is an allergy?
The doctor will help to suggest that the disease has an allergic onset. Then the treatment of pharyngitis will be the elimination of an allergen (for example, washing powder, a certain food product) and taking antihistamines. "Erius", "Zodak", "Fenistil", "Loratadin" in an age dosage will help get rid of the disease.
Conclusion
So, you have found a red throat in a child. How to treat? Go to the ENT doctor or pediatrician for an examination and get tested. Prior to this, you can only give your child antiseptics, gargle, take inhalations with Borjomi or a decoction of potato husk (if there is no temperature). If the condition does not improve, the temperature rises or does not decrease, be sure to consult a pediatrician.