Pharyngitis is a serious disease of the lining of the pharynx and lymphoid tissue. The pharynx is the upper part of the tract between the mouth and the esophagus. This disease manifests itself in an acute form, which can develop into a chronic one.
Pharyngitis is most often a viral disease. Its appearance is caused by rhinovirus, adenovirus, coronaviruses and parainfluenza virus. Acute pharyngitis usually accompanies the development of any respiratory infection. The disease can also be caused by bacteria, but this is much less common. Bacterial pharyngitis is the result of the penetration of streptococcus, neisseria, chlamydia into the body.
The chronic form of the disease appears as a result of an infection of the upper respiratory tract. Also, this can be facilitated by a constant irritating effect on the mucous membrane with alcohol, tobacco, chemicals. Symptoms that indicate that you have pharyngitis are pain and sore throat, fever, dry cough. At the same time, the lymph nodes in the neck increase. If you perform a throat examination, you can find friability of the mucous membrane and enlarged palatine tonsils. Granular pharyngitis is accompanied by the appearance of inflamedfoci in the form of specks, covered with a white coating.
In order to detect pharyngitis, it is enough to conduct a pharyngoscopy.
In difficult cases, the doctor prescribes additional studies. A single case of a sore throat is not yet a reason to diagnose pharyngitis. But we must remember that the treatment of chronic pharyngitis will be optimal only if the nature of the disease is correctly determined, and only a doctor can do this. Therefore, if you suspect pharyngitis, you should consult a physician. Treatment of pharyngitis is prescribed depending on its nature. But in any case, the patient should not take everything that irritates the mucous membrane of the pharynx. It is hot or cold food, spicy, s alty, sour. It is necessary to drink as much water as possible and to give up alcohol and smoking.
If the disease is caused by a virus, then the treatment will be local. Rinses are prescribed, the use of special antiseptic and anti-inflammatory aerosols, lozenges and lozenges. If the doctor has determined that the nature of pharyngitis is bacterial, then antibiotics are added to the treatment.
It is best to start treatment of pharyngitis in a timely manner, at the first manifestations of the disease. Otherwise, the treatment will be more difficult, slower, as a result, the disease can become chronic, which is much more difficult to get rid of.
Children often suffer from pharyngitis. To avoid this, it is necessary topreventive measures: hardening, taking vitamins and immune system stimulants. This is especially important during the cold period, when the risk of a viral infection entering the body is especially high. Treatment for pharyngitis should be carried out with any manifestation of SARS, regardless of the intensity of the symptoms.
