Severe sore throat

With various diseases, while swallowing saliva or food, there is a strong pain in the throat. It is an alarm signal, indicative of irritation and inflammation of the mucous membranes of the pharynx, which are provoked by viral, bacterial infections, as well as mechanical damage to tissues.

Causes of very severe sore throat

The main factors provoking the symptomatology in question are:

• an allergic reaction to the ingress of irritants into the blood, mucous membranes;
• too dry air in the room;
• viral diseases (angina, acute respiratory viral infection , influenza, pharyngitis). In this case, severe pain in the throat is combined with a high body temperature;
• the presence of a foreign body in the pharynx (dust, pieces of food, small bones);
• bacterial infection, usually caused by streptococci;
• inhalation of air containing fine particles of aggressive chemical compounds. It is accompanied by a cough.

How to remove a strong pain in the throat?

Therapy problem directly depends on the established cause of the pathology.

So, for allergic reactions it is necessary to identify the source of the stimulus, to limit or completely eliminate contact with it, to take antihistamines.

Treatment of severe pain in the throat due to infection with the virus involves complex therapy:

1. Use of immunomodulators and stimulants of the body's defense system.
2. Reception of antiviral medicines.
3. Compliance with bed rest.
4. Consumption of warm drink in abundant quantities.

If the room is too dry or polluted air, you should purchase household filters and humidifiers. When working with chemical products, it is necessary to use protective equipment, for example, a respirator.

Severe sore throat with angina and other bacterial diseases also requires complex interventions:

1. Reception of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
2. Use of local antiseptic drugs in the form of a spray, ointment, solution.
3. Use of vitamin and mineral preparations with high content of ascorbic acid.
4. If necessary, taking anti-inflammatory drugs.

As an additional treatment you can apply recipes from traditional medicine:

1. Rinse throat with infusion of chamomile, marigold marigold, solution of baking soda, furacilin or sea salt.
2. Treatment of affected areas with mucous iodine solution.
3. The reception of freshly prepared berry juice and juices, especially useful drinks from cranberries , dogrose, cherries, mountain ash and viburnum.