What to do if your child's throat is red and swollen

Usually, the reason why children have red and swollen throats is mostly due to throat inflammation. If the situation is not very serious, it is recommended that parents should not give their children medication easily, because children are in the stage of growth and development. If they take a lot of medication, it is likely to have a certain impact on the child's future growth and development. So what should we do if a child has a red and swollen throat? Let’s listen to the expert’s explanation.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sore throat is mostly caused by factors such as lung and stomach fire or exogenous wind-heat.

Sore throat caused by lung and stomach fire rushing up is mostly caused by eating a lot of spicy food. In addition to sore throat, children often also have symptoms such as high fever, thirst, headache, thick yellow phlegm, dry stool, yellow urine, red tongue, and thick yellow tongue coating.

When a child has a fever and a sore throat, parents should first identify the nature of the sore throat to see whether it is caused simply by excessive internal heat or if the child also has cold in the body. The two conditions differ greatly in how they are treated.

A simple method is to touch the child's hands and feet. If the child's hands and feet are hot, it means that the child has internal heat; if the child's hands and feet are cold, it often means that the child has internal heat. Tonsillitis is caused by heavy cold and dampness and lack of blood in the child's body. This type of child is most likely to have recurrent tonsillitis, and most of them snore while sleeping.

It is recommended that parents should encourage their children to drink more water and eat on time, and try to avoid children becoming picky eaters. There are many reasons why children's throats become red and swollen, so parents are advised to pay more attention to their children's physical changes in daily life, try their best to prevent their children from suffering from various illnesses, and create a healthy living environment for their children.