Is nebulization effective for pharyngitis?

Nebulizer treatment for pharyngitis is definitely effective, but you have to use the correct medicine. It is best to go to a professional ENT department to get the medicine prescribed. In addition to nebulizer, you can also choose Chinese medicine, anti-inflammatory and local treatment and other treatment methods for treatment. Everyone's body constitution is different, so the applicable treatment method is also different.

1. Remove the cause

Eliminate various pathogenic factors, such as quitting smoking and drinking, improving the working environment, and actively treating chronic inflammatory lesions of the nose and nasopharynx and related systemic diseases. Strengthen physical fitness, improve body immunity, and prevent acute upper respiratory tract infections. Get enough rest, drink plenty of water, and eat light, easily digestible food.

2. Symptomatic treatment

If you have fever or sore throat, you should promptly adopt physical cooling measures (such as warm water or 75% alcohol bath, placing ice packs on the head, etc.) and other antipyretic measures such as medication. Commonly used drugs include oral APC or intramuscular injection of analgesia, etc. Keep the mouth clean and use alkaline gargles to appropriately dissolve the viscous secretions in the throat. Compound borax solution is often used for gargling.

3. Anti-inflammatory treatment

In the early stages of the disease, 1% iodine glycerin or 2% silver nitrate can be applied to the pharyngeal wall to promote the disappearance of inflammation. If the inflammation invades the larynx or trachea, appropriate antibiotics or hormone nebulization inhalation treatment can be used. For patients with severe conditions, intramuscular injection or intravenous drip of penicillin is the first choice, and more effective antibiotics should be replaced at any time. If it is caused by a viral infection, antiviral drugs should be used.

4. Local treatment

Chronic pharyngitis is mainly treated locally. Compound borax solution, furacillin solution, and 2% boric acid solution are often used for gargling in chronic simple pharyngitis. When gargling, tilt your head back, open your mouth and make an "ah" sound so that the gargle can clean the back wall of the throat. In addition to the above-mentioned drug treatments, chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis can be treated with laser. For atrophic pharyngitis, 2% iodine glycerin can be applied to the pharynx to improve local blood circulation and promote glandular secretion.

5. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Chronic pharyngitis is caused by deficiency of yin in internal organs and internal heat disturbance. It should be treated by nourishing yin and clearing heat. Zengye Decoction can be used with modifications. Chinese patent medicine lozenges are also commonly used in clinical practice.