What causes laryngitis? What should I do if I have pharyngitis?

There are two types of pharyngitis: acute and chronic. In life, pharyngitis is more likely to occur among people who smoke. So what causes pharyngitis?

Causes of pharyngitis

1. Acute pharyngitis

1. Acute pharyngitis is often caused by cold, excessive fatigue, excessive smoking and drinking, which leads to a decrease in systemic and local resistance, allowing pathogenic microorganisms to take advantage of the situation and cause the disease.

2. Malnutrition, chronic heart, kidney and joint diseases, poor living and working environment, frequent exposure to high temperature, dust, harmful and irritating gases, etc. are all prone to this disease.

3. The main pathogenic microorganisms are hemolytic streptococci, pneumococci, influenza bacilli and viruses.

2. Chronic pharyngitis

1. Local factors: Most of them are caused by repeated attacks of acute pharyngitis or delayed treatment turning into chronic pharyngitis; suffering from various nasal diseases, long-term mouth breathing and nasal secretions flowing down due to nasal obstruction, resulting in long-term irritation to the pharynx, or chronic tonsillitis, dental caries, etc. 2. Systemic factors: Various chronic diseases, such as anemia, constipation, chronic inflammation of the lower respiratory tract, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, liver and kidney diseases, etc. can all lead to this disease.

3. Stimulation from physical and chemical factors: Dust, neck radiotherapy, long-term exposure to chemical gases, excessive smoking and drinking, etc. can all cause this disease.

What should I do if I have pharyngitis?

1. Traditional surgery: highly traumatic and prone to recurrence. Traditional surgical treatments mainly use drug cauterization, electrocoagulation, freezing, laser, and microwave therapy. The surgery is highly traumatic, causes heavy bleeding, and causes pain to the patient. The most important thing is that the treatment is not likely to recur. With the use of minimally invasive technology, this traditional surgery has gradually been eliminated, but some hospitals with less advanced equipment and technology are still using it, causing unnecessary harm to patients.

2. Traditional drug therapy: treating symptoms but not the root cause

1. Repeated attacks, only treating the symptoms but not the root cause: The symptoms of pharyngitis can be alleviated, but after the drug effect wears off, the symptoms will recur and require continuous medication or treatment to control. The symptoms may even be more severe the next time they recur.

2. Serious side effects: Traditional treatment drugs are mostly antihistamines and hormone drugs, which will often cause drowsiness and fatigue. They also cause damage to the liver and kidneys. In severe cases, they will also lead to obesity, infection, pigmentation, etc.