What are the symptoms of pharyngitis? Can it be cured? What medicine should I take?

Etiology and symptoms Pharyngolaryngitis is a disease caused by bacteria, which can be divided into acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis. Acute pharyngitis is often caused by viruses, followed by bacteria. Winter and spring are the most common. Most of them are secondary to acute rhinitis, acute sinusitis and acute tonsillitis, and are often complications of infectious diseases such as measles, influenza and scarlet fever. Cold, fatigue, long-term stimulation of chemical gas or dust, excessive smoking, etc. , reduce the body's resistance, easy to promote its onset. The main symptom of adults is pharynx. At the beginning of the disease, the throat is dry, itchy, burning and gradually painful. When swallowing, it is aggravated, saliva is increased, and the lateral pharyngeal cord is involved, but there is obvious earache. Adults or children who are weak have obvious systemic symptoms, such as fever, chills, headache, loss of appetite, limb aches and so on. Chronic pharyngitis: it is mainly caused by repeated attacks of acute pharyngitis due to incomplete treatment, or by frequent irritation of the pharynx due to various nasal diseases, nasal congestion, long-term oral breathing, physical and chemical factors, neck radiotherapy, etc. Various chronic diseases of the whole body, such as anemia, constipation, chronic inflammation of lower respiratory tract, cardiovascular diseases, etc., can also be secondary to this disease. Consciously sore throat, dryness, itching, abdominal distension, excessive secretion, burning pain, nausea, foreign body sensation, cough and inability to swallow. The above symptoms are aggravated after talking a little more, overeating irritating food, fatigue or weather changes. Breathing and swallowing cigarettes are unimpeded. Matters needing attention in self-treatment (1) Pay attention to combining work and rest to prevent colds, and stay in bed at the acute stage. (2) People who are often exposed to dust or chemical gases should wear masks, masks and other protective measures. (3) Drink more salty water, eat digestible food, and keep the stool unobstructed. (4) Avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy, cold and overheated irritating food. (5) Pay attention to oral hygiene and develop the habit of gargling after meals, so that germs are not easy to breed. (6) Foods such as winter amaranth, honey, tomato, carambola, lemon, olive, kelp, radish, sesame, pear, water chestnut, cogongrass rhizome, sugar cane, etc. It has the functions of clearing away heat and annealing, nourishing lung and kidney yin, and can be properly selected. (7) Keep indoor air circulation. (8) Don't talk for a long time, and don't shout at the top of your lungs. Self-treatment 1. Self-treatment (1) Xiaoyan Ling tablets, 4 tablets each time, 3 times a day. (2) Liuwei Dihuang Pill, 9g each time, 3 times a day. For chronic phase, lung and kidney yin deficiency. (3) Yin Qing Pills, 3-6g each time, twice a day. (4) Drink Jinguo, each time 1 spoon, three times a day. Used for chronic pharyngitis. (5) 2-4 drops of essential balm, taken orally and swallowed slowly (not with water), 5 times a day. 2. Prescription and self-treatment (1): 5g of raw licorice, 0g of platycodon grandiflorum 10g, taken with boiled water. (2) Golden Olive 10g, decocted in water, daily 1g, used for acute pharyngitis. (3) 60 grams of fresh Houttuynia cordata Thunb, washed and mashed, boiled with rice swill 1 bowl, and added with appropriate amount of sugar, twice a day, for acute pharyngitis. (4) 60g of Radix Rehmanniae, 60g of Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati and 6g of Ramulus Cinnamomi are decocted in water twice, daily 1 dose for chronic pharyngitis. (5) Honeysuckle, Ophiopogon japonicus each 65438±00g, Boat-fruited Sterculia 2 pieces, brewed with boiling water instead of tea. Used for chronic pharyngitis. (6) 2 pieces of garlic, mashed and pasted on Yuyuan point and Dazhui point. This prescription can clear away heat and clear lung, and can be used to treat heat sore throat. (7) 30 grams of garlic and 50 grams of vinegar. Mash garlic and put it in vinegar, then apply it to the affected area. This grave is very effective in relieving swelling and pain, and it is very effective for sore throat caused by wind, cold, dampness and heat. 3. Diet self-treatment (1) 4 Fresh loofah, cut into pieces, mashed to remove residue and take juice, taking 1 time. (2) Peeling peanuts and stewing them in boiling water. Used to treat hoarseness and loss of voice. (3) 1 white radish, 3 fragrant fruits, decocted in water, taken out, and replaced tea with appropriate amount of sugar twice a day. (4) 400 grams of kelp, washed and shredded, decocted in water, taken out, pickled with 200 grams of white sugar 1 day, 50 grams each time, twice a day, used for patients with chronic pharyngitis and foreign body sensation in the throat. (5) 9 grams of lily, mung bean 15 grams, and a proper amount of sugar are cooked together. (6) 5 red dates, scorched skin on the fire, and white sugar water to drink. 4. External treatment and autonomy (1) salt is fried and ground into powder, which can be blown into the pharynx to spit saliva, which can diminish inflammation and relieve pain. (2) gargling with vinegar and the same amount of water can relieve pain, many times a day. (3) Take a small amount of watermelon frost and blow your throat three times a day. (4) Take a proper amount of tin powder, blow a little on your throat, and stop talking for 5 minutes, three times a day. The medicine juice can be swallowed. Avoid misdiagnosis as chronic pharyngitis without bacterial infection, and it is not appropriate to repeatedly use antibacterial drugs. One is ineffective, and the other will have side effects, which is not good for the body. Only seeking drug treatment, ignoring the daily maintenance of the throat, the self-treatment effect is poor, and even repeated attacks, dragging on for many years. Sudden pharyngolaryngitis, dyspnea, dysphagia, purulent leukoplakia, etc. , not suitable for self-treatment, should be sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.