When swallowing the throat especially painful may be acute tonsillitis, acute epiglottitis, acute pharyngitis and other diseases caused by the cause of the need to take different treatment programs.
1. Acute tonsillitis: patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions for the local use of compound borax solution, compound chlorhexidine gargle solution and other antibacterial gargle solution. At the same time need to comply with medical advice to use amoxicillin, benzylpenicillin and other antibiotics. For patients with recurrent attacks or complications such as peritonsillar abscesses, tonsillectomy should be performed 2~3 weeks after the inflammation subsides.
2. Acute epiglottitis: patients need to use antibiotics such as penicillin, levofloxacin and glucocorticoids such as hydrocortisone and dexamethasone as prescribed by the doctor. If localized abscess has been formed, need to consider the incision and drainage of pus. For patients with severe respiratory distress, tracheotomy should be considered.
3. Acute pharyngitis: patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use warm saline, compound borax solution gargle. Viral infections need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use acyclovir, ganciclovir and other antiviral drugs, bacterial infections need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use cefaclor and other antibiotics.
There are other possibilities for patients with a particularly sore throat when swallowing, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the specific causes, and cooperate with the doctor to actively treat the original disease.