Throat treatment in children can be accompanied by many difficulties. A young child does not always know how to dissolve therapeutic candies and is not given to irrigate the pharynx. How to get out of this situation?
What diseases are accompanied by sore throat? How to treat them in children of different ages? Let's figure it all out together.
Why does the throat redden?
A child up to a certain age very often suffers from various SARS. Many of them are accompanied by reddening of the throat. Why is this happening? Such a process has a sound scientific explanation.
When a virus or bacteria enters the body, they infect a specific area of the respiratory system. Often reproduce in the throat on tonsils. When special protective cells detect "alien" organisms, they begin to actively fight them.
In these areas there is a flow of blood. Such a process is associated with the fact that "protective" cells function in it. Due to a rush of blood, a reddening of the throat occurs.
Pharyngitis
This disease accompanies severe redness of the back of the throat. It can be diagnosed by other symptoms:
- tickle;
- dry cough;
- pain when swallowing;
- lump feeling.
Most often, pharyngitis is not accompanied by an increase in temperature, or subfebrile numbers can be observed on a thermometer (up to 37.5 °). Often this disease is caused by streptococci and staphylococci. Therefore, such pharyngitis is called bacterial.
Treatment of this type of disease can not do without taking antibiotics. Their group and dosage should be prescribed only by a pediatrician. To ease the pain when swallowing, it is necessary to give the baby as much warm drink as possible. Treatment of red throat in a child will not do without this rule.
Angina
This is the most common diagnosis when, at the doctor’s appointment, parents complain that the child has a sore throat. Sore throats are different. Depending on its type, a specific treatment for sore throat in a child is prescribed.
Most often, this disease is accompanied by a very high temperature, which is quite difficult to bring down with one antipyretic drug. Parents have to resort to antispasmodics ("No-shpa") and compresses.
It is advisable to wipe only with warm water without the addition of vinegar and alcohol. Otherwise, severe intoxication may occur in the baby, because the skin passes harmful substances well inside, and then they are carried through the blood.
It is a misconception that with any sore throat, the best treatment for throat in children is scraping with a bandage on the tonsils. This is the wrong tactic. In this way, you can only harm the baby and make wounds in the mouth, which can subsequently become infected.
Viral sore throat
Very often, reddening of the throat occurs against the background of a common SARS. In this case, the disease is caused by viruses. Such a sore throat is not treated with antibiotics. In order for the disease to recede faster, it is necessary to adhere to the standard rules for treating a viral infection:
- room humidification up to 60-70%;
- the temperature in the room should be no more than 20 °;
- cleaning 2 times a day with mandatory ventilation;
- frequent drinking.
To ease the pain of swallowing, you can give your child a dissolving special lozenges. The temperature must be brought down if it rises to 38 ° and above. In other cases, it is necessary to let the body fight the infection on its own.
Bacterial tonsillitis
This type of disease is quite serious and requires antibiotic treatment. Otherwise, bacterial tonsillitis will subsequently cause a heart complication, which in the future can lead to many problems.
This type of disease requires the mandatory use of antibiotics. The necessary dose should be calculated only by a doctor. Also, a pediatrician or an infectious disease specialist can determine a group of drugs, depending on the specific case.
During this period, it is also important to rinse and irrigate the throat with special means. It is worth remembering that the treatment of red throat in children is a complex of measures, and you need to complete each item.
It is very difficult for small children to carry out these manipulations. They cannot yet fully loosen the candies. Therefore, you can use the simple method.
The tablet is crushed into powder. It is placed on a saucer and the necessary dose is separated. The dummy urinates in water and falls into the medicine. Thus, the powder adheres to the nipple, which can be given to the baby. This must be done several times so that the required dose is over.
So, it is easy to give:
- "Lisobakt";
- Septefril;
- "Faringosept".
What other reasons could there be?
The familiar Koksaki infection is also accompanied by inflammatory processes in the throat. It may show red dots throughout the pharynx. The child feels pain when swallowing.
If this disease was diagnosed, then the treatment of red throat in a child should be carried out, as with viral sore throat. You need to drink plenty of warm liquid as often as possible to rinse.
With Koksaki, the body temperature also rises sharply in the early days. It must be brought down with antipyretic drugs that are approved for use in children. The most commonly used are ibuprofen and paracetamol.
As well as inflammatory processes in the throat can be observed due to an allergic reaction. In this case, urgently need to remove the irritant from the child, or stenosis of the larynx may occur.
Treatment of the throat in children according to Komarovsky
This famous pediatrician has a modern approach to the education of his offspring. The doctor indicates that in 85-90% of cases, all colds are caused by viral infections. Bacterial complications do not happen as often as parents think.
The pediatrician notes that any viral infections do not require the intake of a large number of drugs. Evgeny Komarovsky insists that frequent drinking, airing and humidification of the room will help to cope with the disease in 5-7 days.
In his opinion, you can only gargle every 3-4 hours. For this, it is better to use medicinal herbs. With great care, you need to do these procedures for children with allergies. Such methods relate to alternative treatment of the throat in children.
Staphylococcus
These gram-positive bacteria are found in the body of any person. But if their number begins to exceed the permissible, then we can already talk about pathological development.
The most common cause of the development and reproduction of this bacterium is considered a violation of personal hygiene. Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus in children’s throat should only begin after consultation with a doctor. He should prescribe an analysis that will determine the sensitivity of bacteria to certain antibiotics.
After that, you can only start treatment. A very important factor is to increase the immunity of the child. Thus, the body will then be able to cope with the bacteria on its own and after treatment will not allow them to multiply again at a fast pace.
To increase and strengthen immunity, it is necessary to observe several rules:
- Do not overfeed the child;
- walks in the fresh air daily for at least 2 hours;
- airing the room;
- humidification in the room;
- hardening.
These points will help not only to avoid the development of staphylococcus, but also increase the body's overall resistance to viral infections.
Drug use
When treating the throat in children after 3 years, special lollipops are used that relieve inflammation and reduce pain. Most often, doctors prescribe several basic drugs that are approved for use in treating children:
- "Faringosept";
- Septefril;
- "Lisobakt";
- Strepsils.
It should be borne in mind that children under 6 years old need to be given half a tablet. Older children can already use adult doses of these candies. Children under one year of age are allowed to use only "Lysobact" and "Septefril".
The use of sprays is good for redness. The most popular treatment for children is Ingalipt. They need to irrigate the baby's throat 2-3 times a day. It is worth knowing that use for children less than 3 years old should be carried out under the supervision of adults, because laryngeal spasm may occur.
You can not use such drugs for allergy sufferers. If the child had a history of any allergy, then with such caution, this spray is used for the first time.
If the baby is not yet 2 years old, how to treat a throat
It is difficult to find a child who would not have colds at an early age. Almost every one of them is accompanied by sore throat. It is hard to teach such a small child to gargle, and he also does not always know how to dissolve candy.
In this case, parents will have to work hard to treat the child's throat at 2 years. So, it is better to use "Lisobakt" or "Septefril". They are easy to grind into powder. They do not have dyes in their composition.
The child can be given a little powder in his mouth, and he will quickly dissolve. And also at this age you can splash "Ingalipt." It must be applied 2 times a day, one zilch.
The kid can be soldered with chamomile tea. It well removes inflammation from the mucous membrane of the throat.
Folk methods
It is in this case that the recipes of our “grandmothers” can help quite well. If the child already knows how to gargle, then it is worth trying to offer him to do this with a solution with sage tincture. The product consists of extracts of a medicinal plant and will not harm if the baby is not allergic.
Not bad proved a solution of soda with iodine. It has an antiseptic effect and a little painkiller. To prepare it, add 1/4 teaspoon of soda and a few drops of iodine to a glass of boiled water. Gargle with this tool you need a throat every 4 hours.
Children who are not allergic to honey can be offered to absorb 1/4 teaspoon of this beekeeping product during the day. From ancient times it is known that it has high healing properties.
Oddly enough, beets are characterized by anti-inflammatory properties. You can treat the throat in a child from 3 years. It is necessary to squeeze the juice from one vegetable and gargle with it throat 2 times a day.
In a few days, obvious relief will come. Swelling in the throat will gradually decrease, and it will become easier for the baby to swallow. Children after 7-8 years old can be given a small piece of propolis to chew. It has pronounced anti-inflammatory properties and fights well with the development of bacteria.
It must be remembered that only folk remedies for the treatment of the throat in children will not have the desired effect, an integrated approach using antibiotics is important.
White plaque on the throat
Such a sign is a rather dangerous symptom. It indicates the attachment of a bacterial infection. Therefore, when they see a plaque in the throat of a child, parents should definitely contact a pediatrician.
He will prescribe the necessary antibiotic. With it, adults can carry out procedures that will help to quickly retreat the infection. It is necessary to clean the oral cavity with a solution of soda gently without sudden movements.
In this case, you must not make excessive efforts so as not to injure the mucous membrane. If abscesses appeared on the tonsils, then they must be carefully removed. For this, a solution with "Furacilin" is used.
These yellow tablets have high antiseptic properties. You need to crush the tablet in a mortar and dissolve in 0.5 liters of warm water. With this solution, the mucous membrane of the mouth is gently wiped with a bandage.
Many pediatricians have now become opponents of such manipulation, but many years of experience of our mothers and grandmothers have noticed that until this raid is removed, the child’s condition will not improve, and body temperature can rise to 40 °.
During this period, the child is better to offer mashed food. So he will not feel acute pain when swallowing. It is very important not to give prohibited foods during angina:
- chocolate;
- dairy products;
- sharp
- salty.
Scientists have proven that such food can irritate the throat even more, and recovery will be delayed indefinitely.
Why is angina dangerous?
The bacterial infection that causes this disease affects not only the throat, but also other organs of the child’s body. Often then problems arise in babies with a heart. Joints are also affected, and a dangerous disease such as arthritis begins to develop. Unbreakable heat adversely affects the heart and brain. Against her background, febrile convulsions may occur.
In order to prevent these complications, you need to consult a doctor on time and take antibiotics, if they are already prescribed. If the recommendations are not followed, then you can long struggle with the negative and dangerous consequences.