The judgment of laryngitis and epiglottitis is mainly based on the symptoms and examination, while the diagnosis is still based on the final examination results.
1. Symptoms: For patients with pharyngitis, there are usually symptoms of dry, itchy throat, sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, accompanied by fever, headache and other manifestations. If the patient has epiglottitis, there will be epiglottic edema factors caused by sore throat, throat obstruction, dysphagia and dyspnea.
2. Examination: In patients with pharyngolaryngitis, there will be congestion and swelling of the mucous membrane of the pharynx as well as adherence of secretion during physical examination.
Acute epiglottitis patients, most of the patients present acute disease appearance, such as excitement, flushing, expression of pain, etc., the symptoms of severe cases will have increased respiratory rate, respiratory depression on the surface of the body during respiration, etc., the oropharynx does not have obvious changes, and there may be pain when palpating the hyoid bone. The epiglottis may be obviously swollen.
It is difficult for patients to judge by themselves, they should go to the otorhinolaryngology department of the hospital, cooperate with the doctor to improve the relevant examination, and then the professional physician to judge and give the corresponding treatment.