Chronic pharyngitis is very common today. The fact is that not all patients immediately turn to the doctor for help. Most try to cure the disease on their own. In this case, the pathology gives complications and becomes chronic. It should be noted that most often this disease occurs in men. Moreover, in middle and old age it occurs much more often than in young men.
Chronic pharyngitis is more likely to develop in people who smoke. In addition, dirty polluted air, carious diseases of the teeth, long-term inflammatory processes on the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, various pathologies of internal organs, as well as a metabolic failure can contribute to the disease. It should be noted that pharyngitis has several forms: simple, subatrophic, hypertrophic and granulosa. Naturally, each of them requires its own treatment.
Chronic pharyngitis should be treated only with the participation of a doctor. Self-medication can worsen the situation. Naturally, you can use folk remedies, but you need to coordinate this moment with a specialist. Nowconsider the symptoms of the disease. The main ones are: sore throat, pain, instability of body temperature, increased salivation. The subatrophic form of the disease is additionally accompanied by dryness in the throat, difficulty swallowing. In addition, in this case, you may experience bad breath.
Chronic pharyngitis of the granulosa type is also determined by round or longitudinal lymphadenoid formations. They look like grains and are characterized by a red color. Naturally, in order to cure such a pathology, it is first necessary to eliminate those factors that can cause it. For example, give up bad habits, get rid of all infectious and inflammatory diseases in the body in time, take care of your he alth.
General treatment involves taking medication and gargling with sodium chloride (bicarbonate) solution. Additionally, the mucous membranes are lubricated with glycerin, lugol or protargol. As for folk recipes, infusions of herbs such as sage and chamomile will help here.
If you have chronic subatrophic pharyngitis, treatment includes not only drug therapy, but also the establishment of a diet. The main thing - do not eat hot food, which can heat up the throat. This is contraindicated. All the rest of these remedies will help in the treatment. In addition, there are alternative treatments. For example, freezing (cryotherapy).
If you have chronic granulosa pharyngitis, treatment involves restoring the protective forces of the body with the help of multivitamin preparations, inhalations based on herbal infusions (chamomile, calendula, sage). Also, try to limit your diet and avoid foods that can cause an allergic reaction. Naturally, it is necessary to give up bad habits. Granules can be cauterized with ordinary iodine. A radical method of treatment is an operation, during which neoplasms are removed from the mucous membrane of the pharynx. After it, you will have to take the medicines prescribed by the doctor so that the recovery goes smoothly.
