What is chronic pharyngitis? Chronic pharyngitis is a diffuse inflammation of the mucosa, submucosa and lymphatic tissues of the pharynx, often as part of the chronic inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, and generally has a long duration and is easily recurrent. It is usually characterized by a foreign body sensation in the pharynx, itchy and slightly painful, dry and burning, and often sticky secretions attached to the back wall of the pharynx that are not easily removed, which can cause irritating cough or nausea and vomiting, especially at night. Who is prone to chronic pharyngitis? According to the study, chronic pharyngitis has a great correlation with the occupation, like some teachers, sales staff and other professionals who need to use their voices excessively for a long time, or people who are exposed to more dust stimulation in their lives and work, are more likely to be troubled by chronic pharyngitis. The long-term in the air conditioning environment under the pressure of competition in the work of white-collar workers, but also become another object of chronic pharyngitis favor. Long-term in the air-conditioned environment, and work environment occlusion, dry, easy to cause the pharyngeal mucosa vasoconstriction, the number of phagocytes decreased, the local resistance to decline. Dryness can also affect the pharyngeal mucus secretion and cilia peristalsis, reducing the role of air cleaning and humidification, directly on the pharyngeal mucosa caused by irritation and damage. And poor indoor air circulation, but also easy to cause a decline in resistance and invasion of disease-causing microorganisms, and the pharynx is the body’s first gateway to resist the invasion of germs, in the external stimulus is easy to form chronic inflammation. In addition, the pharynx is the common channel of the respiratory and digestive tract, chronic diseases of the lungs, trachea, bronchus (such as chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, emphysema, tuberculosis, etc.), gastroesophageal diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, etc.), will appear the performance of chronic pharyngitis. In addition, chronic pharyngitis can also be caused by people who smoke and drink excessively for a long time or eat more spicy and irritating foods. What should I do if I have chronic pharyngitis? There are some chronic pharyngitis patients who think that pharyngitis is “inflammation”, so they need to use antibiotics to treat it, but in fact, this understanding is also wrong. In fact, if the symptoms of chronic pharyngitis are mild and there is no special discomfort, you can completely do without medication, just self-care can be done. 1, actively seek and treat local related diseases that may cause chronic pharyngitis, such as chronic inflammation of the nasal cavity, sinuses, nasopharynx, tonsillitis, tooth decay, etc. 2, keep the indoor air moist, especially in the summer air conditioning room or winter dry weather season, you can use the air humidifier to increase the humidity in the air, and pay attention to drink more water to keep the throat moist, dry throat can also contain the role of laxative Chinese medicine containing chemicals such as Buddha’s hand, Luo Han Guo, etc., and Western medicine tablets can not be taken for a long time, otherwise it is easy to trigger the throat flora disorder. 3, strengthen physical exercise, enhance physical fitness, prevent respiratory tract infections, rationalize life, maintain a relaxed mood, avoid irritability and depression, pay attention to the combination of work and rest. 4, the acute period should be bed rest, avoid excessive use of voice, speech, to avoid recurrent episodes of acute pharyngitis, when speaking should maintain a natural posture, relax the lips, tongue, chin, throat, shoulders and chest muscles, try to use the abdomen vocal, do not tense the neck muscles way to speak, avoid prolonged excessive use of voice. 5, when going out dusty, try to wear a good mask, when the work environment requires long exposure to dust, also wear a good mask, after returning home to wash your face in time, while paying attention to oral hygiene, after meals to develop a good habit of rinsing the mouth, so that germs are not easy to grow, while avoiding tobacco, alcohol, spicy and stimulating food.