How to treat acute pharyngitis in babies

As parents, we are most reluctant to see our babies being attacked by diseases. However, due to some bad living habits of our own, it is easy for the baby to suffer from problems such as pharyngitis. When the baby suffers from pharyngitis, it is necessary to treat it in time and provide good care so that the baby can recover as soon as possible. So how to treat acute pharyngitis in babies?

Carry out symptomatic treatment, smooth bowel movements, and drink plenty of boiled water. Those with fever should be treated with antibiotics (penicillin, cefotaxime), sulfonamides and antiviral drugs (such as morphine, amantadine, viroline, etc.). For local treatment, you can gargle with 1:5000 furacilin solution or compound borax solution, dissolve dulefen, chlorhexidine, mint tablets or iodine tablets in your mouth, or inhale antibiotics and hormones by nebulization.

Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine: For patients with severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweating and floating pulse, Mahuang Decoction can be taken orally. If the fever is severe and the aversion to cold is mild, Yinqiao Powder can be taken internally. Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Jiedu Xiaoyan Pills, and Liushen Pills can also be taken internally. For local treatment, you can use Bingpengsan or Xileisan powder and blow it into the throat. Acupuncture at the cheek-cartilage, hegu, shaoshang points or mandibular angle blockade can relieve inflammation and has an especially good analgesic effect.

Nasal washing method: Mix 4.5 grams of pure salt without any additives with 500 ml of clean warm water. Fill the neti pot with water. Aim the spout of the neti pot at one nostril, tilt your head slightly to the other side (no more than 15°), and the water will flow out of the other nostril. Then blow both nostrils clean. Repeat the same action on the other nostril until the nasal cavity is completely clean. For acute pharyngitis caused by acute rhinitis, the above nasal washing method can be repeated several times a day until there is no excessive mucus in the nasal cavity.

Live a regular and controlled life, have a regular routine, go to bed at night and get up early to avoid catching a cold. Avoid cross drafts while sleeping. Eat more fruits and dried fruits such as pears, raw radishes, and plums to enhance the maintenance function of the throat. Increase outdoor activities, get more sunlight, strengthen your physical fitness and improve your disease resistance. Maintain oral hygiene, develop the habit of brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth in the morning, after meals and before going to bed, pay attention to climate changes, add or remove clothes in time, and avoid cold or heat. During the cold epidemic, try to reduce going out to prevent infection.

The above is some introduction on how to treat acute pharyngitis in babies. As parents, we must always pay attention to the health of our babies, take good care of their diet and daily life, develop some good living habits, and reasonably match their diet to improve their immunity, so as to prevent the invasion of diseases.