What should I do if I have a sore throat and it hurts to swallow?

Laryngotracheal pain and swallowing pain, consider with acute epiglottitis, acute pharyngolaryngitis, acute tonsillitis, etc., the patient can follow the doctor’s prescription medication. 1. Acute epiglottitis: patients can follow the doctor’s instructions with penicillin, cefixime and other antibiotics, some patients can also be combined with intravenous application of dexamethasone treatment, which helps to relieve local tissue edema, anti-inflammatory. If the local formation of abscess, the feasibility of incision and drainage of pus surgery, and swallowing difficulties and can not eat, can be intravenous supplemental nutrition. 2. Acute pharyngolaryngitis: patients should pay attention to drink more water, intake of liquid food, reduce vocalization. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions with compound borax solution gargle, can also be used 1% ~ 3% iodized glycerin, 2% silver nitrate coated with swollen lymphoid follicles in the posterior wall of the pharynx. Some patients can also use penicillin, amoxicillin and other anti-infective treatment. 3. Acute tonsillitis: viral infections caused by no medication, mostly with the self-limiting nature of the disease and improve on their own. If caused by bacterial infection, it is necessary to follow the doctor’s instructions with amoxicillin, cefixime and other antibiotic treatment. Use compound borax solution and compound chlorhexidine gargle. Laryngeal cancer, gastroesophageal reflux disease can also cause laryngotracheal pain and swallowing pain, it is recommended that the patient as soon as possible to consult a doctor for examination, to clarify the cause of the disease, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of drugs and treatment.