What are the best ways to prevent pharyngitis?

Pharyngitis is one of the most common symptoms in life. Although the disease is not particularly serious, it brings great distress to the patient's daily life and work. If it turns into chronic pharyngitis, treatment will often be repeated. Therefore, good prevention is very important in daily life. Drink more water, don't speak too loudly, prevent getting angry, pay attention to diet and health, don't stay up late, and keep a regular work and rest schedule.

Prevention of pharyngitis:

1. Drink more water. It is always a good idea to drink more water. You should never let your body be dehydrated at any time. In addition, fumigating the throat with salt water is also a good way to relieve the condition. You can use a large bowl to hold some boiling salt water, open your mouth wide and breathe in and out into the steam, for about 10 minutes each time, at least twice a day. Speak less. If you can avoid speaking, don’t speak. If you must speak, speak as little as possible to avoid overusing your voice. Especially teachers should adjust their courses appropriately. Rest more, work less, exercise properly and strengthen your physical fitness. Eat a balanced diet, with light and easily digestible food, and drink refreshing drinks and fruits regularly. Avoid eating foods that are too cold, too hot, fried or spicy. Eat three meals regularly, at regular times and in regular amounts, and do not overeat or go hungry for a long time.

2. Irregular work and rest schedule. Disrupting the normal work and rest schedule will destroy the body's normal regulatory mechanism, reduce the body's resistance, make it easy to be invaded by external pathogenic factors, and make pharyngeal inflammation difficult to cure. It is recommended to go to bed early and get up early, maintain adequate rest time, and participate in appropriate physical exercise. Good attitude. Studies have shown that psychological factors are related to the incidence of chronic pharyngitis. Chronic pharyngitis is common in postmenopausal women and introverted young women. Quit smoking and drinking, and abandon bad habits. Tobacco and alcohol can irritate the throat and aggravate chronic inflammation, and can also impair the body's functions and cause irreversible damage to the lungs, liver, stomach and other internal organs. They should be quit resolutely.

3. Keep indoor moisture, open windows frequently for ventilation, and maintain appropriate indoor temperature and humidity. Do not place items with pungent odors indoors. When using heating in winter, you should be careful not to make the room too dry. You can use a humidifier or put a wet towel on the heater before going to bed to keep the air moist. You can also take advantage of your lunch break to go outside and breathe some fresh air. For oral hygiene, gargle with light salt water in the morning and evening, and drink a glass of light salt water after gargling. This can sterilize, clean and moisten the throat, which is beneficial to improve the environment of the throat and prevent bacterial infection. At the same time, preventing and treating oral and nasal diseases and eliminating inflammatory lesions cannot be ignored in the prevention and treatment of chronic pharyngitis.

Treatment of pharyngitis:

1. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine: For patients with severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweating and floating pulse, Mahuang Decoction can be taken orally. If the fever is severe and the aversion to cold is mild, Yinqiao Powder can be taken internally. Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Jiedu Xiaoyan Pills, and Liushen Pills can also be taken internally. For local treatment, you can use Bingpengsan or Xileisan powder and blow it into the throat. Acupuncture at the cheek-cartilage, hegu, shaoshang points or mandibular angle blockade can relieve the inflammation of acute pharyngitis, and is especially effective in relieving pain.

2. General treatment: Patients with acute pharyngitis should rest in bed, drink plenty of water, eat soft food, abstain from smoking and drinking, avoid spicy and overly greasy food, and keep bowel movements open. The above methods are very important for the early recovery of acute pharyngitis, but they are often ignored by patients and parents, resulting in prolonged illness or complications of other diseases. If sore throat affects the patient's ability to eat, intravenous fluids and nutritional supplements should be given. For those with severe sore throat or high body temperature, APC can be taken orally, 0.5 grams each time, or intramuscular injection of Antongding, Chaihu injection, etc.