The common causes of sore throat and hoarseness are acute laryngitis, pharyngeal tumors, laryngeal tuberculosis, etc. The treatments for different causes are also different, so there is no fastest treatment, only the most suitable treatment for the patient’s condition, and the most common ones are general treatment, medication, and surgical treatment.
1. Acute laryngitis: usually pay attention to light diet, avoid eating spicy stimulating food, drink more water, avoid excessive vocalization. Antibacterial drugs such as amoxicillin can be given for bacterial infection, antiviral drugs such as ribavirin can be given for viral infection, painkillers such as ibuprofen can be given for severe pain, and glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone can be given for treatment.
2. Pharyngeal tumor: when the tumor invades the vocal cords, it can cause hoarseness, and part of it can cause sore throat, which is more commonly known as laryngeal cancer, and it needs to be given chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, etc.) and radiotherapy according to its specific stage and type, and the surgical treatment can be given according to the condition of the laryngeal resection surgery.
3. Laryngeal tuberculosis: need to give the relevant anti-tuberculosis drug therapy, such as rifampicin, isoniazid, etc., if the patient’s laryngeal pain is serious, can be given to the diclofenac sodium and other painkillers, laryngeal mucosal edema is serious can be given to prednisone and other glucocorticoid medications, more than the need for surgery, but there is respiratory distress can be given a tracheotomy.
Sore throat hoarseness may also have other causes, it is recommended that the patient actively hospital consultation, improve the auxiliary examination, clear diagnosis and follow the doctor’s instructions for medication and treatment.