Acute pharyngitis requires a choice of systemic and localized treatments based on the cause and characteristics of the disease, and there is no one-two punch solution that can both control the symptoms of the disease and target all causes.
Acute pharyngitis is an acute inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa and submucosal tissues, which is mainly triggered by viral and bacterial infections, as well as by factors such as dryness of the ambient air and inhalation of dust, smoke, noxious gases, or irritation from allergens.
Generally, the onset of the disease is relatively acute, starting with dryness, burning and roughness in the pharynx, followed by obvious pharyngeal pain, especially when swallowing, and the pain can be radiated to the ear when the lateral pharyngeal cord is involved. Systemic symptoms are generally mild, but the degree varies according to age, immunity, and viral and bacterial virulence, and there may be fever, headache, loss of appetite and limb pain.
If there are no systemic symptoms or the symptoms are mild, you can gargle with gargle solution such as compound borax gargle, take iodized throat tablets, Jianmin throat tablets and other Chinese medicine tablets to improve the symptoms, and apply oral antiviral medicines such as ribavirin or antibiotics such as amoxicillin and cephalosporins to address the cause of the disease.
For patients with severe systemic symptoms and high fever, in addition to the above treatment, they should take bed rest, drink more water and eat fluids, and can apply the above antiviral drugs or antibiotics via intravenous route.
Patients with acute pharyngitis are advised to actively seek medical treatment, systematic examination, clear diagnosis and exclusion of epiglottis invasion, and standardized treatment according to the doctor’s instructions.