By what signs can we assume that the child has a viral sore throat?
Symptoms of viral sore throat in children are usually pronounced, so treatment in most cases starts on time. On the presence of such a violation in a child can testify:
- increase in body temperature from 37 to 39-40 degrees;
- nausea and vomiting (against the background of temperature);
- general weakness, lethargy;
- stool disorders;
- a sore throat;
- increase of regional (submandibular in this case) lymph nodes;
- pain in the abdomen;
- a decrease or a complete lack of appetite (until the refusal to eat).
A disease like viral sore throat is also accompanied by swelling of the tonsils and, at times, the formation of small vesicles on them, which, after they burst, leave behind themselves sores. That is why the child pains to swallow and eating food for him is a very painful process.
How to treat a viral sore throat in a child?
It is worth noting that if you suspect a disease, the first thing your mom should do is contact your doctor. No medicines, with the exception of antipyretics at high temperature, should be given alone to the baby. The treatment of viral sore throat in children is a complex of measures, most of which are given symptomatic therapy. So, patients, especially 5-10 years, with severe intoxication, are most often hospitalized in the infectious department.
As symptomatic agents, in the treatment of this type of disease, use antipyretic, as well as local anesthetics and antiviral drugs.
So, from antiviral medicines Viferon and leukocyte Interferon are often prescribed, which are produced in several dosage forms: suppositories, solution.
For the treatment of the throat, rinses are carried out using solutions of Furacilin, Stomatidin, and also often spray sprays for irrigation of the tonsils - Ingalipt, Stopangin, Yoks, Geksoral.
Thus, the treatment of viral sore throat in children should be determined exclusively by the doctor, prescribing the drugs depending on the period of the disease and the severity of the infection process.