Many kinds of fungi can coexist peacefully with a person, without giving him any trouble in terms of health. They belong to the group of conditionally pathogenic ones, that is, they do not pose a threat to the body only, until, for whatever reason, a sharp decrease in immunity occurs. And then the mushrooms begin to manifest their hidden aggression and use human living tissues as their nutrient medium. A weakened body can not quickly get rid of fungal cells.
Causes of fungus in the throat and respiratory tract
If previously there were more known fungi that cause external skin ailments, from the middle of the 20th century modern medicine began to detect cases of mycosis of deep tissues more and more often. These include and pharyngomycosis - an inflammatory disease of the throat due to the colonization of mucous mycotic organisms. This is the case when progress in science has contributed to the fungal disease. As soon as antibiotics of the penicillin group began to be used in medical practice and new potent drugs aimed at combating cancer and hormonal disruptions, the mushrooms occupied the bacteria-free niche.
Moreover, the antibiotic drugs themselves are the food for them. Candidiasis and mycotic organisms, in turn, perfectly cohabitate with a number of viruses, which leads to the spread of new viral-fungal diseases. Today it is known that almost 60% of the world's population are carriers of the fungus of the genus Candida, which in 90% of cases is the main causative agent of lesions of the larynx. By the name of the fungus, the disease is often called candidiasis.
Infection caused by the fungus, is treated much more difficult bacterial and to assign an effective course, it is necessary to determine the type of pathogen:
- Candida albicans (more often affects women);
- Candida parapsilosis (in 50% of cases affects the child's body);
- Candida glabrata (occurs in old age);
- Candida tropicalis.
Than to treat a fungus in a throat and respiratory ways?
If the treatment of the fungus in the throat of the first 3 species is obvious, since these species prefer organisms of a certain group of people by age or sex, the latter species is found less frequently in the throat and is difficult to treat. The first signs of the disease are red inflamed points on the oral mucosa, which later move closer to the larynx. Sometimes the disease causes an increase and reddening of the tonsils, then we are talking about candidiasis angina. If you do not start treatment in a timely manner, the red dots are replaced by curdled secretions, so candidiasis is sometimes called "thrush".
In addition to external signs, the disease is characterized by an increase in temperature, severe pain, especially during meals. Treatment of fungal infection is carried out in a complex manner, using local and internal antifungal drugs. These properties have tablets from the fungus in the throat:
- Nystatin ;
- Mycosyst;
- Diflucan.
Treatment Mikosistom can begin even before the results of tests come to the form of the fungus, because this drug has a wide spectrum of action.
In parallel, vitamin-mineral complexes are prescribed, which can increase immunity and provide the body with vitamins of group B, which allows to speed up the process of recovery. As immunomodulators act:
- Arbidol;
- Decaris;
- Immunal;
- Echinacea (broth, tablets or tincture).
It is obligatory several times a day to perform antiseptic treatment of mucous affected areas of the mucosa. To do this, use:
- infusions of herbal dues (chamomile, calendula, violet, celandine);
- aqueous solution of Chlorhexidine;
- Miramistin .
Fast effect with pharyngicosis give burnt alum. The method is quite effective, because alum has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, wound-healing, antifungal effect. Alum should be diluted in boiled water. The degree of concentration can be checked for taste. The solution must be sufficiently acidic and astringent. Adults will be able to rinse, and it is more convenient for babies to wipe their mouth with a wadded disc soaked in dissolved alum.