What medicine is good for children's pharyngitis?

Some children have a foreign body sensation in the throat, always feeling that there is something in the throat that they cannot swallow but cannot spit out, and they also have symptoms such as coughing, swelling, and blockage in the throat. In addition to the above symptoms, some children will also spit up sticky phlegm in the early morning and have a high fever. We say that once you find that your child has the above symptoms, you must take the child to the hospital for examination in time, because these may be the clinical manifestations of childhood pharyngitis.

Take lysozyme tablets, Dumifen throat tablets, iodine lozenges, Liushen pills, etc.; gargle with compound borax solution, chlorhexidine mouthwash, or warm salt water; in the early stage of the disease, apply 1% iodine glycerin or 2% silver nitrate solution to the pharyngeal wall to help subside inflammation; nebulization or fumigation treatment, inhalation of medicinal gas, is effective for local inflammation and the patient also feels comfortable. For those infected with viruses, antiviral drugs such as morphine, amantadine, interferon, etc. can be used; for those infected with bacteria, antibiotics and sulfonamides can be taken orally or injected. Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect on both viral and bacterial infections.

The onset is acute, and the clinical manifestations include high fever, sore throat, drooling, anorexia, vomiting, etc. Physical examination may reveal congestion in the pharynx. Several to dozens of grayish-white blisters measuring 2 to 4 mm in size may be seen on the mucosa of the pharyngeal palate arch, soft palate, and uvula, surrounded by a red halo. They will break down after 1 to 2 days to form small ulcers. Herpes may also occur in other parts of the oral cavity. The course of the disease is about 1 week. It mainly affects children aged 1 to 7 years old, with an incubation period of 2 to 4 days. Systemic symptoms usually heal themselves after 4 to 6 days.

3. TCM treatment of pharyngitis

In the early stages of the disease, symptoms include dry and slightly painful throat, burning sensation, difficulty swallowing, and congestion of the pharyngeal mucosa but no suppuration.

Treatment method: Soothe wind and clear heat, detoxify and relieve sore throat.

Prescription: 10 grams of Schizonepeta, 10 grams of Saposhnikovia, 10 grams of Arctium, 10 grams of Honeysuckle, 10 grams of Forsythia, 10 grams of Morus alba, 10 grams of Red Peony, 10 grams of Platycodon, 10 grams of Scutellaria, 10 grams of Radix Trichosanthis, 10 grams of Scrophularia, 10 grams of Fritillaria thunbergii, and 6 grams of raw licorice.

1. Parents must pay close attention to their children within 24 hours after they start to have fever symptoms. If the temperature exceeds 38.5℃, they must take antipyretics to prevent high fever convulsions. After the fever subsides, change sweat-soaked clothes promptly and give a light diet.

2. Children with herpetic pharyngitis have obvious throat pain. Parents can let their children drink more boiled water. Boiled water has the least irritation to the ulcerated throat and children are more likely to accept it. Parents can encourage their children to eat some nutritious and easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid foods, such as porridge, noodle soup, etc. The meals should be light, and they should not eat fish, shrimp, or foods that are too hot, spicy, or strong in taste, so as not to irritate the throat and aggravate throat pain.

3. If the child is reluctant to eat, he should be given intravenous infusion to supplement nutrition. For those with severe sore throat or high body temperature, APC can be taken orally, 0.5 grams each time, or intramuscular injection of Antongding, Chaihu injection, etc.