Symptoms of pharyngitis in babies

For parents, babies are a reflection of their own mentality. Any problem that occurs to them will be magnified. Pharyngitis is a common inflammation in the throat, which has a great impact on people's throat. For adults, this symptom can be cured through daily conditioning, but for some babies it is a big problem. Therefore, their immune systems are still in a developmental stage, and their antibodies against some diseases are not strong. So when the baby has symptoms of pharyngitis, what measures should be taken to treat it?

Herpetic pharyngitis is an acute, contagious, febrile illness caused by many group A coxsackieviruses and occasionally other enteroviruses. It is characterized by herpetic ulcerative mucosal lesions, which are common in infants and young children. The clinical features are sudden onset of high fever accompanied by sore throat, headache, anorexia, and often pain in the neck, abdomen and limbs.

Its features:

1. It is more common in summer and autumn, with a peak incidence around Children's Day;

2. Children under 5 years old are the most susceptible group;

3. The main transmission route is fecal-oral or respiratory

Symptoms of herpetic pharyngitis:

Herpetic pharyngitis is a special type of upper respiratory tract infection. Because its initial symptoms are not much different from those of the common cold, it is easily misunderstood as a common cold and treatment is delayed.

① Incubation period (3 to 5 days)

The patient has no symptoms, but the virus replicates rapidly in the body.

② Prodromal period (1 to 2 days)

Sudden high fever of 38~40 degrees, accompanied by red throat, loss of appetite and other symptoms.

③Blister stage (2-3 days)

In addition to a high fever, blisters appear on the palate mucosa.

④Ulcer stage

The most painful period for patients is when they experience symptoms such as drooling and refusal to eat due to the pain from the ulcer.

Warm reminder: Children usually have symptoms of sore throat during the illness. At this time, symptomatic treatment can be carried out with drugs such as Kaihoujian and Xiguashuang.

The difference between herpetic pharyngitis and hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease and herpetic pharyngitis will cause blisters in the baby's mouth. How to distinguish them?

May to August every year is the high season for hand, foot and mouth disease and herpetic pharyngitis. Both are caused by the same type of virus and have similar symptoms. Generally speaking, they can be distinguished by location and risk of disease:

① Different location

Herpetic pharyngitis only occurs in the pharyngeal cheek area;

Hand, foot and mouth disease causes blisters in the mouth, hands, feet, buttocks, etc.

② The risk of disease is different

Herpetic pharyngitis is a mild disease that heals on its own in 1 to 2 weeks.

Hand, foot and mouth disease, in mild cases, will heal itself in 1 to 2 weeks; in severe cases, generalized papules and blisters may appear, accompanied by aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, and myocarditis.

Herpetic pharyngitis is highly contagious and isolation measures should be taken. The diagnosis can only be confirmed after herpes appears. As long as children with herpetic pharyngitis take medicine and get injections on time during the treatment period, they can usually recover within a week and are unlikely to develop serious symptoms. Anti-toxic drugs such as Isatis root, Indigofera chinensis, and Golden Lotus Heat-clearing Effervescent Tablets can cure herpetic pharyngitis.