Sore throat is caused by cold, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, acute epiglottitis, etc. Depending on the specific cause of the disease, patients can relieve the pain by taking anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medicines such as ibuprofen and cefixime or anti-viral medicines such as ribavirin dispersible tablets. 1. Colds: For sore throats caused by cold or infection by pathogenic bacteria, patients can reduce the pain by increasing the amount of water they drink. When the pain is severe, drugs such as ibuprofen can be taken to relieve the pain. 2. Tonsillitis: a limited inflammatory disease that occurs in the mucous membrane of the tonsils, often accompanied by throat pain, dryness and itchiness, foreign body sensation in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, headache, fatigue, etc. Patients can take anti-inflammatory drugs, such as cephalexin, etc. to alleviate such symptoms. 3. Pharyngitis: occurs in the pharyngeal mucosa, inflammation of submucosal tissues, often accompanied by throat swelling, pain, etc., when the symptoms are mild, you can use silver yellow tablets, etc. for relief, patients with serious symptoms of infection should be recommended by the doctor to use antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin dispersible tablets, etc. for relief. If caused by bacterial infection, you can choose anti-bacterial drug treatment, commonly used drugs such as amoxicillin. 4. Acute epiglottitis: Acute epiglottitis is a disease that starts suddenly, develops rapidly, and easily causes obstruction of the upper respiratory tract, and can be divided into two categories: acute infectious epiglottitis and acute allergic epiglottitis. Acute infectious epiglottitis mainly focuses on anti-infective treatment, keep breathing clear, and perform tracheotomy if necessary. Acute allergic epiglottitis is firstly treated with anti-allergic therapy. When the patient has a sore throat. It is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to identify the cause of the disease, and then correctly use the medication under the guidance of a professional doctor, to avoid blindly taking medication to cause adverse consequences.