Allergic pharyngitis

Symptoms of pharyngitis usually occur when you have a cold, but for people who smoke frequently, they may have symptoms of chronic pharyngitis. The most typical symptom is dry heaving when brushing your teeth when you get up in the morning. However, there is another type of pharyngitis that is more common, which is allergic pharyngitis. It has a more typical characteristic, which is that it is contagious to a certain extent.

The reason why allergic pharyngitis is contagious is that the disease is caused by viral and bacterial infections, and these viruses and bacteria can be transmitted through saliva. Therefore, patients with allergic pharyngitis must be careful to prevent infection to others. Prevention of allergic pharyngitis:

1. Drink plenty of water

This is a golden rule that should never be forgotten. In addition, fumigating the throat with salt water is also a good way to relieve the condition. You can use a large bowl or soup basin, put some boiled salt water in it, open your mouth wide and inhale and exhale into the steam, for about 10-15 minutes each time, 2-3 times a day.

2. Avoid overusing your voice

Pay attention to rest, reduce work, and exercise appropriately. People with systemic diseases should be treated actively. If there are diseases in the nasopharynx or oral cavity, timely treatment is required.

3. Pay attention to your diet

Drink cool throat-soothing beverages and eat fruits frequently, such as sugarcane, reed root juice, pears, water chestnuts, pomegranates, etc. Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning. You can also eat radishes raw or cook them into dishes.

4. Keep moisturized

Keep the air in the room moist and clean, do not smoke indoors, and do not place items with irritating 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.

5. Quit smoking and drinking

Tobacco and alcohol can irritate the throat and damage the body's functions, so they should be quit resolutely. Eat less fried, stir-fried and irritating foods.

6. Drink scented tea in moderation

Honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, raw licorice, Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, Sterculia lychnophora, etc., can be brewed with boiling water in a thermos cup and drunk as tea at irregular times every day. Take 30 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa powder, mix it with vinegar and apply it to Qingquan acupoint once a day. The green fruit is often held in the mouth and chewed slowly, and the juice is swallowed slowly; the pear is sliced ​​with the skin, and 3 green fruits are decocted and taken, which has a certain effect on pharyngitis.

If you want to prevent allergic pharyngitis, please be sure to follow the above-mentioned prevention methods. At the same time, you must pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and do not let yourself overwork and cause a decrease in resistance. For people who are often exposed to dust, to prevent allergic pharyngitis, you must pay attention to wearing protective tools such as masks.