Pharyngitis fever in adults is different from sore throat in young children

The article was consulted professionally with Specialist Doctor II Nguyen Van Thai – Doctor of Ear Nose And Throat – Department of Medical Examination and Internal Medicine – Share99 Da Nang International Hospital.

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Pharyngitis fever in young children and pharyngitis fever in adults can occur to varying degrees, may have a medium or high fever. Good treatment when sore throat fever will help the patient quickly recover, reducing the risk of complications of the disease.

1. Sore throat in young children and sore throat in adults

Pharyngitis is a very common disease in both adults and children, especially in winter when the weather changes. Pharyngitis can occur separately or appear simultaneously with tonsillitis, VA inflammation, rhinitis, sinusitis,…

Causes of pharyngitis can be viral or bacterial:

● Common viruses are Adenovirus, influenza virus, measles,…

● Common bacteria are schiococcal, pneumococcal, yellow sphysococcal,…

Other causes such as tobacco smoke, dirt, chronic allergies, unlit habitat, inappropriate bedroom temperature can also cause sore throat, especially in children.

Fever is a symptom of acute pharyngitis. Pharyngitis fever in young children and pharyngitis fever in adults can appear to varying degrees. Medium fever of 38-39 degrees may be possible or high fever may be possible. Symptoms accompanied by fever are feelings of chills, headache, body aches, fatigue, loss of appetite. Sore throat when swallowing, including swallowing fluid, the sensation of throbbing pain on the ears when swallowing, there may be a coughing attack, inflammation of the cervical lymph nodes, painful swollen jaw angular lymph nodes,… For young children who are still breastfeeding, they may show signs of little feeding, breastfeeding, open mouth when sleeping, discomfort, breakdown, difficulty sleeping. Sore throat fever in young children along with signs of sore throat, loss of appetite, easy to confuse parents with signs when the child grows teeth.

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Fever may be accompanied by chills and body aches

2. Treatment when sore throat fever

2.1. Treatment of sore throat in young children

When the child has symptoms of sore throat, parents should quickly take the child to a medical facility for examination. Your doctor will prescribe antipyretics and give your child antibiotics if necessary.

It is especially noted when caring for the child at home is to give the child medicine as directed by the doctor, give the child plenty of water, apply hypothermia with warm water, wipe people when the child sweats a lot. Pay attention to keep the baby's nose, throat and chest warm, rinsing the mouth with saline 2 times a day. For breastfeeding babies, it is recommended to breastfeed more often.

If antibiotics are prescribed by a doctor but after 24-48 hours, the symptoms still do not improve, it is necessary to hospitalize the child for monitoring and treatment.

2.2. Treatment of sore throat in adults

Pharyngitis is a very common and easy to treat disease. However, if not treated promptly and properly, pharyngitis can cause many dangerous complications, seriously affecting health. Therefore, even if you are a healthy adult, when you have sore throat fever, you must not be subjective to the disease.

When there are symptoms of sore throat, patients should go to medical facilities for early examination and treatment. Use the drug in accordance with the doctor's instructions, do not voluntarily discontinue the drug when symptoms decrease. When using the drug for a few days with which pharyngitis does not improve, the person should re-examine. Your doctor may consider increasing the dosage of antibiotics, changing medications, or coordinating medications.

During treatment, the disease should spend a lot of time resting, enhancing nutrition, supplementing with microener elements, smoothies, vitamins,… to quickly recover.

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Patients need to rest and have proper nutrition

3. Notes when sore throat

If the cause of the disease is viral, sore throat fever and other symptoms of sore throat will cure itself after about 3-5 days.

If the cause of the disease is bacterial, especially due to singularity, the disease is usually longer and the person needs to be treated with antibiotics. If the disease lasts more than 10 days and is not treated or treated improperly, complications may occur in the second, third week such as: inflammation or an injection around the tonsils, throat-to-throat anemones in children 1-2 years old, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, otitis, acute sinusitis. In particular, if the cause of pharyngitis is hemolytic stenosis can cause kidney inflammation, arthritis, myocarditis, intoxication stunting, sepsis,… These are very dangerous complications, difficult to treat, seriously threatening the patient's life. This further emphasizes the importance of early detection and treatment of sore throat fever in young children and also adults.

Taking the following measures can help limit the risk of sore throat:

● Good oral hygiene, brush your teeth 2 times a day, rinse your throat with diluted saline. When there are diseases of the mouth, nose, sinuses,… need definitive treatment, avoiding the spread of pathogens that cause sore throat.

● Wash your hands before eating and after going to the bathroom, wear a mask when on the street to avoid smog.

● Avoid drinking water that is too hot or too cold to cause damage to the throat mucosa.

● If using air conditioning in the bedroom, keeping the temperature cool, pleasant (about 26-28 degrees) should not leave the temperature too low. If using a fan for the child, in the first time it is possible to open the fan at high speed for the child to sleep easily, then reduce the fan speed, the fan must always change the wind direction.

● Full vaccination of children.

● Proper nutrition, regular body movement helps the body improve resistance, better prevention with pathogens.

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Dr. Nguyen Van Thai is a former Doctor of Ear Nose and Throat Surgery at The Department of Ear Nose and Throat – Hue Central Health Hub with more than 17 years of treatment experience, especially in the field of Head and Neck Surgery. Currently an Entotologist at the Interdisciplinary Clinic of the Medical and Internal Medicine Department of Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub.

Customers can directly go to Share99 Health System nationwide for examination or contact the hotline here for assistance.

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