The treatment of pediatric pharyngitis includes general treatment, medication, and laser treatment.
Pediatric pharyngitis can be divided into two types: acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis, chronic pharyngitis includes chronic simple pharyngitis, chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis, atrophic pharyngitis, dry pharyngitis. When the symptoms are mild, the main focus is to remove the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment, and the more serious condition is mainly to control the inflammation.
1. General treatment: commonly used in the removal of causes and symptomatic treatment when the symptoms are mild, such as for children with fever, physical cooling methods such as placing ice packs on the head can be used to alleviate the fever; treatment of nasopharyngeal diseases and related systemic diseases, such as rhinitis, etc.; to enhance the physical fitness and immunity; to improve the children’s living environment, avoiding the heavily polluted living environment.
2. Drug treatment: commonly used in controlling inflammation and anti-infection treatment when symptoms are severe. Antiviral drugs are suitable for viral infections, such as acyclovir; antibiotics can treat serious bacterial infections, preferred penicillin, or more sensitive drugs based on drug sensitivity results.
There are also medications that can relieve symptoms, such as compound chlorhexidine gargle, compound borax solution, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc. All of the above medications should be prescribed by a doctor.
All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.
3. Laser treatment: laser treatment, low temperature, etc. are suitable for chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis.
If children suffer from pharyngitis, they need to drink more water and pay attention to a light diet.