Do children with pharyngitis need medication?

Spring is the season of dry weather, and inflammation frequently occurs for a few days. Many people have hoarse throats when they wake up in the morning, and many children often cough and have tearing voices. Be careful about these symptoms as they may be suffering from pharyngitis. Pediatric pharyngitis is subacute, and it is mainly caused by abnormal inflammation of the throat membrane when the cold has not healed, or there is bacterial inflammation or inflammation of the digestive tract system. It often occurs in children over three years old or older. The recovery time of pharyngitis is relatively slow. In current clinical practice, it can be treated by taking throat-clearing and lung-moistening drugs, but the specific medication principles should be prescribed according to the doctor's diagnosis.

1. The main clinical features and diagnosis of subacute pharyngitis in children

1. Medical history: Recent history of cold, with a short course of illness, generally within two weeks; no fever, sneezing, headache, etc.

2. Symptoms: Throat discomfort and "crunching" sound with phlegm.

3. Other symptoms: May be accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, slight hoarseness or weak pronunciation.

4. Examination: Mild congestion of pharyngeal mucosa or hyperplasia of lymph follicles. Some children may have signs of unhealed rhinitis or sinusitis (nasal mucosal congestion, swelling, mucous or mucopurulent secretions in the nasal passages).

Children with pharyngitis need to be especially cautious about what medicine to take. The experts of Yankouqing recommend three folk prescriptions for treating pharyngitis in children for mothers:

Children's pharyngitis folk remedy - mulberry, chrysanthemum and almond tea

10g mulberry leaves, 10g chrysanthemum, 10g almonds, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. After crushing the almonds, put them together with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and rock sugar in a thermos, add boiling water to brew, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, then drink it as tea, adding boiling water while drinking, one dose per day. Functions: clearing away heat and dispersing wind, resolving phlegm and relieving sore throat.

Children's pharyngitis folk remedy 2: Double root sea tea

15g of Isatis root, 10g of Sophora flavescens root, 10g of Licorice root, and 5g of Sterculia lychnophora. Put them in a thermos, brew with boiling water, cover and let it sit for 20 minutes before drinking as tea. You can also add water and boil it, then pour it into a thermos and drink slowly, 1 dose per day. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and relieving sore throat. It is suitable for people with obvious throat pain due to chronic pharyngitis.

Folk remedy for children's pharyngitis: Take out 1-2 grams of fennel grass, brew it with boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and add rock sugar or honey. Just drink it frequently as tea. Efficacy: clearing heat, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, etc.; used to treat pharyngitis, rhinitis, tonsillitis, long-term drinking can prevent the recurrence of pharyngitis.