What are the symptoms of viral pharyngitis?

Pharyngitis is a very common disease. There are many types of pharyngitis. Pharyngitis generally varies according to the cause.

In fact, the most common type of pharyngitis we see is viral pharyngitis, but most people don’t know much about it.

Toxic pharyngitis simply means pharyngitis caused by viral infection. No matter which type of viral pharyngitis it is, it must be treated as soon as possible.

Clinically, it can be divided into acute and chronic types, with the acute type being more common.

(I) Acute type: The onset is rapid, with needle-tip sized herpes first appearing on the pharynx and oral mucosa, tonsils and corners of the mouth. They are round or oval in shape and solitary.

They are isolated or clustered together, and soon rupture to form shallow ulcers, covered with a pale yellow pseudomembrane, and the surrounding mucosa is bright red, accompanied by chills, fever, and pharyngitis.

Burning pain in the area. Infants and young children cry and are restless, refuse to eat, and have swollen and tender submandibular lymph nodes.

(ii) Chronic type is more common in adults. A small number of herpes appear on the pharyngeal and oral mucosa. After rupturing, it is covered with a gray-white pseudomembrane, and the surrounding mucosa is light red. This type of herpes is cured.

It started and lasted for a long time. There is a slight burning pain in the throat and mouth, but no obvious symptoms.

People with viral pharyngitis often feel discomfort in the throat. If they get cold, tired, talk a lot, or don't drink water for a long time, they will feel sore and burning in the throat.

Severe throat itching causes bouts of irritating coughing, affecting rest. If it is dry or atrophic pharyngitis, the throat will be obviously dry, and it will be difficult to speak and swallow saliva.

You need to drink water frequently to moisten your throat, and even need to get up several times at night to drink water, but this can only temporarily relieve the symptoms, and you will soon feel dry throat again; some people need to drink water frequently when eating.

Dry and hard food can only be swallowed with soup. Chronic pharyngitis, if not cured for a long time, may cause: heart disease, pleurisy, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis

, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and other more serious diseases. Therefore, early detection and early treatment can eliminate or reduce the hidden dangers of the above diseases caused by chronic pharyngitis.

At the same time, regular systematic physical examinations are also very important for patients with chronic pharyngitis.

Diet therapy

1. Candied kelp: take 300 grams of kelp and appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash the kelp, cut it into strips, blanch it in boiling water, pick it out, add appropriate amount of sugar and marinate for 3 days.

meal.

2. Honey tea: Take appropriate amounts of tea leaves and honey. Put the tea leaves in a small gauze bag, place it in a cup, use boiling water to make tea, add honey and stir well after it cools down.

Rinse your mouth and swallow this solution every half hour. Use it for 3 consecutive days after you see results.

3. For the sesame oil egg soup, take an egg and an appropriate amount of sesame oil. Crack the eggs into a cup, add sesame oil and stir well, pour in about 200 ml of boiling water, and drink slowly while it is hot.

It is best to take it early in the morning on an empty stomach.

4. Olive tea: take two olives and 1 gram of green tea. Cut the olives into two halves with the pits, put them in a cup with green tea, pour in boiling water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes

Then drink.

5. Honey lotus root juice: take fresh lotus root and appropriate amount of honey. Squeeze 100 ml of fresh lotus root juice, add honey and mix well, then drink it once a day for several days.

6. To make cucumber cream, take a mature, old cucumber and an appropriate amount of alum. Cut the top of the old cucumber, remove the pulp and seeds, fill it with alum, and

Cover the melon with the original lid, insert bamboo sticks firmly, tie the melon body with a rope, and hang it in a cool and ventilated place. After a few days, a layer of white frost appeared on the melon. Use a clean goose feather to gently

Sweep it up and put it into a bottle for later use. When necessary, use the pen tube to blow the cucumber cream onto the throat.