What disease is it that causes pain in the throat and ears

When symptoms of throat and ear pain occur, it is mostly caused by pharyngitis. Pharyngitis is a common disease that is divided into acute and chronic types. There are many causes of pharyngitis, such as colds and bad air outside, which may induce infection. When an infection occurs, it is easy to cause coughing, a foreign body sensation when swallowing, often leading to nausea when brushing teeth, ear canal infection, throat inflammation, and often leading to some complications. When chronic pharyngitis occurs, if timely treatment is not paid attention to, it may even cause drug resistance reaction, which will increase the harm to the patient.

What to do for chronic pharyngitis?

In fact, for the treatment of chronic pharyngitis, it is best to actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment plan and take medication correctly. At the same time, pay attention to your usual self-care:

1. Actively seek and treat local related diseases that may cause chronic pharyngitis, such as chronic inflammation of the nasal cavity, sinuses, nasopharynx, tonsillitis, tooth decay, etc.

2. Develop good work and rest habits, avoid staying up late, avoid irritability and depression, maintain a relaxed and happy mood, and enhance your own resistance and self-regulation ability.

3. Food residues in the mouth will breed bacteria and cause pharyngitis. So, don’t think that brushing your teeth is only a dental problem. It is also very important for the prevention of pharyngitis. Therefore, remember to rinse your mouth after eating and keep your mouth clean and hygienic.

4. Keep the indoor air circulating and moist. When the air is dry in autumn, you can use an air humidifier to increase the humidity of the indoor air.

5. Dry cough and throat clearing are common unconscious actions of many patients with chronic pharyngitis. Although this can temporarily relieve the discomfort in the throat, it should be consciously restrained, because such frequent dry cough and throat clearing can easily damage the vocal cords and is not conducive to the control of the disease. If you feel dry, itchy and irritated throat, drink more water. When the weather is dry in autumn, you should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits that can moisten the lungs and relieve throat, such as pears, olives, radishes, etc. Avoid eating spicy foods.

6. When your throat is dry, you can also take some Chinese medicine that has a throat-soothing effect, such as Buddha's hand, monk fruit, etc. However, Western medicine lozenges, such as throat lozenges, should not be taken for a long time to avoid causing bacterial disorders in the throat.

7. During the acute phase, you should rest in bed, avoid excessive use of voice and talking, avoid recurrent attacks of acute pharyngitis, maintain a natural posture when speaking, relax the muscles of the lips, tongue, chin, throat, shoulders and chest, try to use the abdomen to make sounds, do not speak with tense neck muscles, and avoid excessive use of the voice for long periods of time.