What medicine should children take for pharyngitis?

Because it is summer now, viruses are very prevalent in many areas. Take young children for example, because their body resistance is still incomparable to that of adults, they are easily infected by viruses in summer. Clinically, all children with herpetic pharyngitis are infected by viruses. So, what is the best medicine for children with pharyngitis? What nursing measures should be taken?

Precautions

Herpetic pharyngitis is a common disease among children in summer. To prevent this disease, parents should pay attention to maintaining their children's personal and indoor hygiene, and try not to take their children to noisy public places.

Nursing strategies for herpetic pharyngitis

Herpetic pharyngitis: It has been learned from some hospitals that the number of children suffering from herpetic pharyngitis has increased significantly in recent days. Experts remind parents to pay attention to prevention and proper care. Nursing strategies for herpetic pharyngitis:

1. Herpetic pharyngitis causes obvious oral pain, and most children with the disease refuse to eat. Attention should be paid to nutritional supplements for children. Food should not be overheated and should be light, non-greasy, and nutritious. Intravenous nutritional mixtures can be used when eating is difficult.

2. To prevent secondary infection, use analgesics and antiviral drugs locally, and pay attention to oral hygiene. The utensils used by the sick children must be disinfected with boiling water to avoid infection.

3. Avoid eating irritating foods, such as sour, sweet, spicy, salty, hot, hard, etc., to avoid irritating the ulcerated area in the mouth and causing pain.

4. Take 100 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of bitter gourd, 150 grams of coix seeds and 100 grams of rice to cook porridge. After cooling, give the child an appropriate amount.

Note: The Coxsackie virus that causes herpangina is also the virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease. Therefore, young children in childcare institutions who develop the disease should also be isolated and treated.

The way to relieve discomfort is to pay attention to oral hygiene and keep your mouth clean. You can gargle with light salt water, apply 10% silver nitrate to the ulcer, or blow throat pills, Bingpengsan, etc. into the throat to relieve sore throat symptoms. Take vitamin C and B orally. Antibiotics are not effective for viral pharyngitis. However, if fever occurs, antibiotics should be given to control secondary bacterial infection.