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If your throat is sore, pharyngitis
22:03, 06 December 2009 After the slightest hypothermia, my throat becomes dry and scratchy, as if it were scratched, and it irritates, and I also constantly have a dry cough.
Olga Treneva, Moscow
Due to the increasing swelling of the mucous membrane, pain occurs in the throat, and any straining of the voice leads to increased pain, and swallowing food and even liquid becomes a real torture. And despite the fact that many immediately try to eliminate these unpleasant symptoms by drinking warm water and gargling, most often this, unfortunately, does not help. The patient has already developed and began to develop pharyngitis.
It is better not to treat it with antibiotics. Moreover, it is not always possible to establish the cause of its occurrence: bacterial (and in this case, doctors can prescribe antibiotics), viral, or simply allergic? Pharyngitis can also occur against the background of metabolic disorders, diabetes, diseases of the stomach and intestines, as well as some internal organs: kidneys, liver, lungs and even heart.
Pharyngitis of viral origin can go away without outside help, but in other cases the underlying disease should be treated first.
Expert advice
Eliminate everything that irritates the throat (including cold and any chemicals - the same deodorants, colognes, perfumes).
Stop drinking alcohol from the very beginning of the disease.
Stop smoking.
Avoid spicy, rough, very hot or cold foods. Switch to a liquid diet, drink something warm often and little by little (milk, vitamin or herbal teas).
Among pharmaceutical preparations, inhalations with Bioparox or Inhalipt are effective.
You can keep Septolette or Imudon in your mouth until completely absorbed.
Gargle frequently with the following mixtures:
Mix 40 g of linden flowers and 60 g of chamomile, pour 2 cups of boiling water over the mixture, leave for an hour. Gargle at least 3-4 times a day.
Mix 10 g each of wild rosemary, elecampane, linden flowers, chamomile and licorice, 15 g each of calendula and sage, and 20 g of eucalyptus leaf. Brew the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for an hour and rinse at least 3-4 times a day.
Evgeniy Tarasov, doctor of the highest category
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Olga Treneva, Moscow
Due to the increasing swelling of the mucous membrane, pain occurs in the throat, and any straining of the voice leads to increased pain, and swallowing food and even liquid becomes a real torture. And despite the fact that many immediately try to eliminate these unpleasant symptoms by drinking warm water and gargling, most often this, unfortunately, does not help. The patient has already developed and began to develop pharyngitis.
It is better not to treat it with antibiotics. Moreover, it is not always possible to establish the cause of its occurrence: bacterial (and in this case, doctors can prescribe antibiotics), viral, or simply allergic? Pharyngitis can also occur against the background of metabolic disorders, diabetes, diseases of the stomach and intestines, as well as some internal organs: kidneys, liver, lungs and even heart.
Pharyngitis of viral origin can go away without outside help, but in other cases the underlying disease should be treated first.
Expert advice
Eliminate everything that irritates the throat (including cold and any chemicals - the same deodorants, colognes, perfumes).
Stop drinking alcohol from the very beginning of the disease.
Stop smoking.
Avoid spicy, rough, very hot or cold foods. Switch to a liquid diet, drink something warm often and little by little (milk, vitamin or herbal teas).
Among pharmaceutical preparations, inhalations with Bioparox or Inhalipt are effective.
You can keep Septolette or Imudon in your mouth until completely absorbed.
Gargle frequently with the following mixtures:
Mix 40 g of linden flowers and 60 g of chamomile, pour 2 cups of boiling water over the mixture, leave for an hour. Gargle at least 3-4 times a day.
Mix 10 g each of wild rosemary, elecampane, linden flowers, chamomile and licorice, 15 g each of calendula and sage, and 20 g of eucalyptus leaf. Brew the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for an hour and rinse at least 3-4 times a day.
Evgeniy Tarasov, doctor of the highest category
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