What are the symptoms of pharyngitis in children?

When children have pharyngitis problems, parents should also pay attention to helping their children with scientific and effective treatment. In particular, if they find that their children have discomfort, pain, dryness, itching, or a foreign body sensation in the throat, they should be alert and take them to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

1. Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis

(1) Discomfort, pain, itching or dryness in the throat, sometimes with a burning sensation, smoky sensation, or foreign body sensation; irritating cough, coughing up secretions in the morning, and even nausea.

(2) The pharyngeal mucosa is thickened and dark red, with dilated small blood vessels. The posterior pharyngeal wall has granular lymphoid follicles that proliferate and are scattered and even fuse into pieces. The lateral pharyngeal cords are thickened and protrude into the pharyngeal cavity in cord-like shapes on both sides. There may be sticky or mucopurulent secretions on the posterior pharyngeal wall.

2. Streptococcal pharyngitis: The onset is acute. At the beginning, the throat is dry and burning, followed by throat pain. The pain when swallowing is often more obvious than when eating. Severe children may even have chills, high fever, headache, general discomfort, loss of appetite, and sore back and limbs. The pain in the throat gradually worsens and may cause corresponding symptoms depending on the area of ​​inflammation. When the lateral pharyngeal bundle is inflamed, it causes difficulty and pain in swallowing, accompanied by ear pain. When the lymphatic tissue at the base of the tongue is inflamed, there is severe burning or stabbing pain that radiates to both ears. When the Eustachian tube is affected, there will be stuffy ears, tinnitus and hearing loss. If the lesion invades the throat, symptoms such as cough, hoarseness, and difficulty breathing will occur. Children with severe illness may suffer from convulsions.

3. Chronic simple pharyngitis: Systemic symptoms are not obvious, but local symptoms are the main ones. The symptoms of various types of chronic pharyngitis are roughly similar, and vary, such as discomfort in the throat, foreign body sensation, itching, burning, dryness or irritation, and may also be accompanied by slight pain. It is mainly caused by stimulation of its secretions and hypertrophic lymph follicles. There may be cough and nausea.

4. Acute pharyngitis: The onset is acute, with dryness and burning sensation in the throat at the beginning; followed by pain, which is often more obvious when swallowing saliva than when eating; may be accompanied by fever, headache, loss of appetite and sore limbs; if it invades the throat, it may be accompanied by hoarseness and cough.