Sore throat is a symptom that everyone sooner or later faces. In most cases, it is enough to use special candies or sprays to get rid of discomfort. However, in some cases, the pain can be so intense that it can not be quickly eliminated. So, with angina, simple therapeutic lozenges will not help cope with discomfort. As part of complex therapy, a compress for sore throat can be used.
Disease Description
Angina is an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharyngeal tonsils. In connection with a reduced immunity, the disease is more often encountered by children of preschool and primary school age. Angina takes the second place after acute respiratory viral infections among babies. Often diagnosed with tonsillitis is also in adults with weakened immunity. At risk are elderly people, as well as patients suffering from chronic diseases.
In 80% of cases, tonsillitis is provoked by pathogenic bacteria or viruses. In patients older than 5 years, a bacterial infection predominates, which is easily transmitted by airborne droplets or by contact and household. If two or more young children live in the family, as a rule, everyone is ill.
Angina often occurs with high body temperature, severe symptoms of general intoxication of the body. This may include headache, nausea, dizziness, weakness, aching in the joints. However, the most pronounced symptom of a sore throat is severe sore throat. Making compresses is a common method of pain relief for inflammation of the pharyngeal tonsils.
When can I use this method of therapy?
If you use a compress from a sore throat with a strong effect at the initial stage of the disease, then you can cope with unpleasant symptoms in just a few days. It should be understood that it is also quite difficult to do without the use of medicines. So, if you had to deal with bacterial tonsillitis, the compress will not show a good result without the use of antibiotics. At the first symptoms of the disease, you must contact a specialist who will prescribe the appropriate treatment.
It is necessary to carry out treatment with folk remedies in agreement with the doctor. Compress from sore throat on alcohol is not suitable for everyone. It is strictly forbidden to perform warming procedures at elevated body temperature. The ideal time for compresses is the onset of the disease. At this time, body temperature easily gets off, and thermal procedures can quickly relieve pain.
It is also important to properly install a compress for sore throat. The front of the neck cannot be warmed up. It is here that the thyroid gland is located. Heat must enter the throat through the lateral neck.
It is strictly forbidden to use warming compresses in the following conditions: allergic rash on the neck, tuberculosis, cancer, pathologies of the cardiovascular system.
How to prepare a compress
Compress on the throat with angina for an adult or child can be performed quite simply. First of all, it is necessary to prepare the basis. A sterile bandage or gauze is perfect. You can use a piece of any other cotton fabric folded in several layers. It is necessary to prepare a treatment solution in advance (the most popular recipes will be described below). The base is wetted in solution and applied to the throat. It is necessary to ensure that the neck areas located closer to the inflamed tonsils are warmed up.
Top application must be covered with polyethylene. The whole structure is fixed with a woolen scarf or towel.
Alcohol compress
This option is most popular. Alcohol has a pronounced warming effect. A vodka compress for sore throat is ideal for an adult patient. But for preschool children, such therapy is not recommended. Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream and can adversely affect the condition of a small patient.
For adults, an alcohol-based sore throat compress can be used as part of the complex treatment of angina. However, such procedures should be carried out exclusively at normal body temperature. Alcohol promotes the expansion of blood vessels, the normalization of blood flow. Affected tissues are more rapidly saturated with oxygen, toxic compounds are released.
To prepare a compress, you should take 2 tbsp. l honey, 1 tsp aloe juice and three tbsp. l vodka. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed. The resulting product is wetted with gauze or cotton. The compress must be kept no more than an hour. The treatment procedure can be carried out in the morning and in the evening. In order to avoid getting a burn, it is recommended to lubricate the neck with a fat cream before applying the compress.
Oil compresses
If you need to make a compress for sore throat for a child, you should consider recipes using vegetable oils. You can use a sunflower-based product found in any kitchen. The vegetable oil is heated in a water bath to 40 degrees, the base (gauze or piece of tissue) is moistened in it, squeezed well and applied to the inflamed area.
Oil compresses retain heat for a long time, do not provoke skin irritation. It is also impossible to apply such a technique at elevated body temperature.
Water compress
Is it possible to compress with angina? If the body temperature is elevated, it is impossible to carry out warming procedures. How, then, to alleviate the condition of the patient? A simple water compress will come to the rescue, which is not contraindicated even to small patients, as well as people suffering from chronic ailments.
All you need to do is to dampen a linen or cotton towel in water at room temperature, squeeze it well and attach to the affected area. The compress should be fixed, as in other cases, with a woolen scarf or terry towel. Wet tissue will quickly heat up to body temperature and help alleviate the condition of the patient. In addition, such a compress will not burn, you can keep it long enough (up to 4 hours).
Honey in the treatment of tonsillitis
Honey is widely used in folk medicine. This product helps strengthen the body's defenses, improves blood flow, and fights pathogenic microflora. A compress of honey for sore throat with sore throat is widely used. Useful components under the influence of the temperature of the human body penetrate the skin. The positive effect of such therapy can be observed already in the first hours.
Before starting treatment, it is necessary to prepare several cabbage leaves. Pour boiling water over them in advance to make them soft. Two cabbage leaves should be generously greased with honey and applied to the side of the neck. The design is fixed with polyethylene and a woolen scarf. Such a compress with purulent tonsillitis can also be used at elevated body temperature.
Cottage cheese for sore throat
Sour-milk products also have great benefits for the body. They saturate with vitamins, strengthen immunity. For sore throats, therapeutic compresses based on cottage cheese are widely used. Such therapy allows you to relieve swelling, make pain less pronounced. The plus is that such a compress is not thermal. Therefore, it can also be used at elevated body temperature.
For the procedure, it is necessary to prepare home-made low-fat cottage cheese. The product is applied to gauze or a piece of cotton with a half centimeter layer. A compress is applied to the throat, fixed with polyethylene and a scarf, as in the cases described above. The beneficial effects of cottage cheese begin after adaptation of its temperature to the human body. You can hold such a compress for a long time. Many people prefer to do it at night.
The use of potatoes in the treatment of tonsillitis
Potato helps to quickly remove swelling, saturates the body with vitamins, stimulates local immunity. With angina, a raw vegetable is most often used. Potatoes are pre-rubbed on a medium grater, squeeze the juice a little. The resulting raw material is laid out in a uniform layer on a linen or cotton scarf, fixed on the throat. Keep the compress for several hours.
To improve the therapeutic effect, you can use a compress of vodka for sore throat. In this case, grated potatoes are poured with vodka, the product is kept for about an hour. Then the raw material is squeezed and a compress is made using natural fabric, as described above. Such a medical dressing has a pronounced warming effect. It can not be used at high body temperature, as well as if the patient has a tendency to allergic reactions.
Salt compress for sore throat
Many people know that saline can be used to rinse with angina. Thus, it is possible to quickly reduce the amount of pus on the tonsils, remove toxins from the body. But few use salt for the preparation of therapeutic compresses. Meanwhile, with external use, the saline solution has a pronounced warming effect. Thanks to this, the pain quickly passes, the activity of pathogenic microflora decreases.
In a glass of warm water, you need to dissolve a tablespoon of salt, here you can add a teaspoon of soda. The resulting solution is wetted with gauze or cotton, which will be applied to the throat. The compress is fixed with polyethylene and a warm scarf. It must be kept for up to two hours. Salt can cause skin irritation. If burning sensation occurs during therapy, the compress should be removed.
The use of "Dimexidum"
This drug is widely used for therapeutic purposes. "Dimexide" is a clear liquid with a specific odor. The role of the active component is dimethyl sulfoxide. The tool helps to cope with pain of various etiologies. If you need a compress for a sore throat with a strong effect, it is quite possible to use the Dimexide agent. The drug is contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation, with severe violations of the liver, cardiovascular diseases.
How to make a compress on the throat with angina for an adult or a child? You should pre-purchase the drug "Dimexidum" in a pharmacy. It is sold in the form of a concentrate, from which a solution should be prepared. The drug is diluted with warm water in a ratio of 1: 4. With increased skin sensitivity, or if it is necessary to treat a patient of preschool age, a 10% solution is prepared. If during treatment there is a local skin reaction in the form of redness, rashes or burning, the amount of Dimexide should be reduced.
In rare cases, during treatment with this drug, patients experience unpleasant symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, bronchospasm. This indicates an increased sensitivity to Dimexidum. The use of such a compress will have to be abandoned.
Due to the fact that the drug may not be suitable for everyone, testing is recommended before starting treatment. A cotton swab is moistened in a small amount of the product and the area of the wrist is treated. If redness or itching appears almost immediately, the medicine for the compress cannot be used.
Summarize
Warming and analgesic compresses help to effectively cope with the unpleasant symptoms of a sore throat. However, such therapy should be strictly agreed with the attending physician. It is worth remembering that the same solution can affect different organisms in different ways. Especially cautious at home is to treat small patients.