Causes of herpetic pharyngitis

I believe everyone must have heard of a disease called herpetic pharyngitis. This disease is particularly common in families with young children. The majority of the patients are children because their immunity is relatively weak. So what are the specific reasons why children are prone to herpetic pharyngitis? How to prevent it? Let’s take a look at it together.

Why are children more susceptible to acute respiratory infections?

Common causes of acute respiratory infections in children include:

1. Inadequate respiratory barrier function. For example, young children do not have nasal hair and cannot block rough foreign matter in the air.

2. The respiratory mucosa is tender and easily exposed to various stimuli (cold, irritating gases, etc.), causing congestion, swelling and even inflammation.

3. The respiratory tract secretes insufficient immune substances to resist bacteria and viruses and cannot fully kill invading pathogens.

4. There is a kind of cell with countless cilia on the surface of the respiratory tract. These cilia are like a cleaning brush, constantly sweeping out small particles such as dust and germs that are inhaled and adhered to the respiratory tract, and coughing them out into the larynx. However, the activity of these cilia on the respiratory tract of children is relatively weak, so the "self-cleaning" function is relatively poor.

People need to breathe constantly to maintain life, so countless bacteria, viruses, harmful gases, dust, etc. enter the respiratory tract with inhalation every day. Coupled with the above-mentioned deficiencies in the defense functions of the children's respiratory tract, various acute respiratory infections are very likely to occur.

[Precautionary measures]

Herpetic pharyngitis is a common disease among children in summer. To prevent this disease, parents should pay attention to maintaining their children's personal and indoor hygiene, and try not to take their children to noisy public places.

[Nursing Instructions]

1. Herpetic pharyngitis causes obvious oral pain, and most children with the disease refuse to eat. Attention should be paid to nutritional supplements for children. Food should not be overheated and should be light, non-greasy, and nutritious. Intravenous nutritional mixtures can be used when eating is difficult.

2. To prevent secondary infection, use analgesics and antiviral drugs locally, and pay attention to oral hygiene. The utensils used by the sick children must be disinfected with boiling water to avoid infection.

3. Avoid eating irritating foods, such as sour, sweet, spicy, salty, hot, hard, etc., to avoid irritating the ulcerated area in the mouth and causing pain.

4. Take 100 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of bitter gourd, 150 grams of coix seeds and 100 grams of rice to cook porridge. After cooling, give the child an appropriate amount.

The way to relieve discomfort is to pay attention to oral hygiene and keep your mouth clean. You can gargle with light salt water, apply 10% silver nitrate to the ulcer, or blow throat pills, Bingpengsan, etc. into the throat to relieve sore throat symptoms. Take vitamin C and B orally. Antibiotics are not effective for viral pharyngitis. However, if fever occurs, antibiotics should be given to control secondary bacterial infection.

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has roughly understood the reasons why children are prone to herpetic pharyngitis, right? It's not just because of one's own weak resistance, there are other reasons. This requires us to pay more attention in our daily lives, take preventive measures early, and reduce the harm of this disease to children.