Angina is an infectious acute inflammatory process of the tonsils. In acute form, this disease mainly occurs in children of primary school age, preschool children, as well as in adults in the age category from 35 to 45 years. Angina may be the result of reduced immunity and local or general hypothermia of the body.
Angina is a seasonal disease, and the peak of infection mainly occurs in autumn and spring. That is why at this time of the year you need to be most careful, as the disease can lead to serious complications, such as heart disease, kidney disease.
Angina can be transmitted, both fecal-oral and airborne droplets. The main causative agents of angina are such microorganisms as group B and A viruses, group A streptococcus, parainfluenza viruses and adenoviruses.
Depending on the symptoms and on the nature of the origin of the disease, certain medicines for angina may be used. The doctor diagnoses the origin of the disease according to the patient's complaints, analyzes and examination results.
Symptoms of a sore throat can be an increase in body temperature, headache, sore throat, vomiting, in some cases, an increase in lymph nodes in the neck and lower jaw, pain in the abdominal cavity, redness of the throat, as well as purulent formations on the tonsils.
Medications for angina can be selected for both symptomatic treatment and specific. With the help of symptomatic treatment, the discomfort from a sore throat is reduced. For this, various antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs can be used: Ibuprofen, Aspirin, Paracetamol. In addition, the patient is prescribed rinses, which relieve redness and disinfect the oral cavity, as well as bed rest, rest and proper nutrition.
Antibiotics for the treatment of angina are prescribed as specific therapy for a streptococcal form of the disease to prevent the spread of infection. Regardless of the origin of the sore throat, the patient needs to drink as much fluid as possible.
In more cases, we encounter viral tonsillitis, the period of the disease of which lasts from 4 to 10 days. This kind of sore throat can be cured on its own, for this you need to follow only the doctor’s instructions and bed rest. Symptomatic sore throats are used to relieve symptoms.
During the treatment of mild forms of this disease, local antiseptics are used, which you can buy at any pharmacy without a doctor's prescription: Septolete, Sebidin, Falimint, Strepsils and others. These drugs help reduce inflammation and sore throat, but they cannot provide complete protection against infections, and therefore it is not recommended to abuse them.
Young children do not like to dissolve antiseptic tablets, so you can use various antiseptic sprays, such as Hexoral, Ingalipt, Stopangin, Tantum Verde and others. But do not forget that these funds can lead to spasms of the larynx, so the procedures must be carried out very carefully.
For the treatment of bacterial tonsillitis, it is necessary to use antibiotics, and with their help, purulent tonsillitis is also treated . Antibiotics should be drunk in a whole course for 10 days. Just so much time will be required for the treatment of tonsillitis with the help of the drug "Penicillin" or its derivatives. In the event that you are allergic to this drug, then you can use the erythromycin. Medicines for a new generation of tonsillitis are more effective, therefore, the period of their administration can be reduced by half, but should be at least 5 days.