What to do if your throat is swollen and it hurts to swallow

Swollen throat and sore throat may be caused by acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis and other diseases, often according to the cause and extent of the disease to take general treatment, drug treatment.
1. Acute pharyngitis: for viral and bacterial infections caused by acute pharyngitis, which can lead to a swollen throat gagging pain, can be used to furacilin solution, compound borax solution and other anti-inflammatory solution gargle, can also be taken orally cefixime tablets, roxithromycin capsules and other antibiotics to control bacterial infections, but also contain dulcetonium containing tablets, Jianmin pharyngeal tablets to improve the symptoms.
2. Acute tonsillitis: for tonsillitis caused by swollen throat gagging pain, if it is caused by bacterial infection, you can take amoxicillin clavulanate potassium capsules, amoxicillin capsules and other antibiotics, if it is a viral infection caused by tonsillitis, the patient can comply with the doctor’s instructions to take ribavirin tablets, ganciclovir tablets and other antiviral drugs.
When the patient has the symptom of swollen throat and painful swallowing, it may also be caused by acute epiglottitis, laryngeal cancer and other diseases, the patient should consult a doctor in time, after a clear diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.