The causes of pharyngitis in children
Pharyngitis can cause a number of reasons, in particular:
- pneumococci, streptococci and other bacteria;
- adenoviruses and influenza virus;
- candidiasis;
- the advanced stage of any diseases of the nasopharynx;
- allergic reactions;
- permanent inhalation of contaminated as well as too cold or too hot air.
How does pharyngitis manifest in children?
All young parents should understand what pharyngitis is, and what are its symptoms in children of different ages. In particular, it is possible to recognize this disease by the following signs:
- sore throat;
- pain and discomfort in the throat, which increase with swallowing;
- increase in body temperature to 38-40 degrees;
- decrease or lack of appetite;
- lethargy and fatigue.
Symptoms of pharyngitis can not be ignored, especially in children who have not yet turned a year old. At this age, this disease can cause mucosal edema and, as a result, provoke a throat spasm and suffocation. That is why all young parents need to understand how acute and chronic pharyngitis manifests in a child, and to know what this ailment should be treated for.
Than to treat a pharyngitis at children about one year?
The question, than to treat a pharyngitis at the child about one year, in the event that it is accompanied by a heat, the doctor should solve only. As a rule, the treatment of this ailment is carried out in the hospital of a medical institution. In newborns, this disease is very painful, and any wrong actions of parents can damage the baby's body.
If the disease proceeds relatively easily and is not accompanied by a high body temperature, it can be cured at home. To do this, it is necessary to constantly ventilate the room in which the baby is located, and also give him to drink as much warm liquid as possible.
In addition, after consulting with the doctor crumb, you can put a honey-mustard compress, and to reduce pain in the throat, grind into the dust the tablet of Pharyngocept, dipped the nipple into it and give the child suck. In this case, the maximum single dose should not exceed ΒΌ tablets and repeat this procedure no more than 3 times a day.
What to give a child with pharyngitis at the age of 1-2 years?
For children over 12 months, antiseptic preparations are available in the form of sprays, for example, such as Jox and Givalex. In addition, at this age it is useful to do inhalations with a nebulizer, as an active substance in which saline or Borjomi mineral water is used. Abundant drinking and providing the optimal level of humidity are also useful recommendations for the treatment of pharyngitis in children from 1 to 2 years.
What is effective at home to cure pharyngitis in a child over 3 years of age?
Boys and girls over 3 years old can be cured of pharyngitis and at home, however, for this purpose it is necessary to organize a bed rest for the offspring. In addition, the baby should receive a copious drink with the presence of alkali.
To get rid of painful and uncomfortable sensations in the throat at this age is easiest with the help of rinses. To do this, connect 2 drops of iodine and furacilin and dissolve them in a glass of warm boiled water, and then gargle with the product received 4 to 6 times a day.
As an alternative to this solution, you can use such pharmaceutical preparations in the form of sprays, like Jox or Givalex. Those babies who already know how to dissolve tablets can be offered medicines Tharyngept, Strepsils, Angisept, Sepptelet and so on.
What is the cure for a granulosa pharyngitis in a child?
Separate attention deserves cough treatment with pharyngitis. This unpleasant symptom does not always accompany this ailment, however, its attacks greatly exhaust children, so it should be disposed of as soon as possible. To do this, inhalations are most often used by a nebulizer based on saline solution, as well as such drugs as Stopoutsin, Libexin, Tusuprex and others. All these funds can be given to a child only after consultation with the treating doctor.