What medications do children take for pharyngitis

Children’s pharyngitis requires medication according to the pathogen, including anti-bacterial and anti-viral medication, and also symptomatic treatment. Pharyngitis is an acute inflammation of the pharyngeal isthmus caused by a variety of bacterial or viral infections. Treatment needs to specify the type of pathogenic bacteria, and mainly includes anti-infective treatment and symptomatic treatment. Bacterial infection caused by pharyngitis, can use antibiotics such as penicillin, cephalosporin and other drugs, the body temperature should be used when the temperature rises physical cooling, physical cooling is ineffective, can be taken to antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on. Viral infection caused by pharyngitis, can use antiviral drugs, there is no specific anti-enterovirus drugs, can be appropriate use of interferon alpha or ribavirin may be effective. Children’s isthmus should be timely consultation, under the guidance of the doctor to take medication and treatment, in addition to daily need to pay attention to children’s oral hygiene, avoid spicy stimulating food, eat a light diet. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.