We treat a sore throat quickly. How to quickly cure a child's throat - drug therapy and traditional medicine prescriptions

Red sore throat  - The most frequent symptom that occurs in young children. The fact is that at the beginning of life, the child’s immunity is only being formed, the body meets with a huge number of bacteria, viruses and allergens, and produces antibodies to them. Especially often sick children who start walking in kindergartenbecause there are a lot of pathogens concentrated there. Many parents often wonder how to cure sore throat  the baby is fast. But the question is posed incorrectly, because a sore throat is only a symptom of the underlying disease, with which the main struggle must be waged. Today we will talk about two main diagnoses for which the throat is most often - ARVI and a bacterial infection, and also consider other serious diseases for which the throat can ache.

How to cure a red throat in a child with ARVI

Viral cold is one of the most common diagnoses for preschool children. As a rule, if the virus enters the body, it does not require any special treatment and medication. In no case should a child be treated with antibiotics for viral colds - this is a big common mistake. Antibiotics do not act on the virus, but significantly undermine the body’s immune defenses. Distinguish viral cold from bacterial infection  must doctor. As a rule, ARVI develops rapidly - starting with nasal congestion, course clear mucus  from the nose, high fever. With ARVI, the throat is bright red, with no visible patches and bloom. It is possible to cure a viral cold, and at the same time a red throat with ARVI, here are some tips and recommendations.

The first and most important rule for the treatment of ARVI is abundant drinking. So abundant that a child of three must drink at least two liters of liquid per day. If you drink in this mode for several days, after 2-3 days the disease will recede, even the highest temperature will drop, the nasal congestion will pass. Remember that the virus is washed out of the body only liquid! You need to drink what the child likes - compotes, fruit drinks, juices, herbal infusions, teas. Milk is still worth refusing, it is an excellent food for germs in the throat.

Provide your child access to fresh air, constantly ventilate the room, do wet cleaning, install a humidifier. Dry and hot air provokes additional nasal congestion and forms dry crusts in the nose. If the child feels well, do not refuse to walk in the fresh air. Do not be afraid that on the street mucus from the nose began to actively stand out - this is a good sign, because the sinuses are cleared.

To alleviate the sore throat, you can give the child a weak solution with lemon juice. Citric acid not only relieves pain, but also disinfects the inflamed mucosal surface.

As a rule, with acute respiratory viral infection, sore throat is tolerable, not the same as with sore throat and other bacterial lesions. But sometimes children do not tolerate even simple redness in the throat due to the close proximity of the nerve endings on the mucosa. In this case, you can use analgesic sprays and lozenges. Among them are Imudon, Lizobact, Hexoral, Faringosept, etc. Choose a product suitable for your child by age.

For a while, give up sweets, a large amount of carbohydrates is food for bacteria. After sweets and cakes, the sore throat may increase.

You can make the baby hot foot bath, it is very useful. But only if the baby does not have a temperature. Type hot water in a basin, add mustard and put your feet in it along with the child. As you get used add to the tank hot water. When your legs are well steamed, you need to wipe them with a towel, put on woolen socks and go to bed.

Warm the throat of a child with a warm scarf, you can make an iodine net on your skin, smear it with animal fat.

If the baby can already gargle, you can make him different solutions for rinsing. The procedures carried out every hour give a real result, the disease retreats literally one day. You can gargle with a solution of furatsilina, hlorofillipta, miramistina. You can gargle with broths of medicinal herbs - calendula, chamomile, plantain. Useful to do sea ​​water  - dissolve in a glass warm water  salt, soda and iodine.

In addition, you need to ensure peace vocal cords. Try to explain to the child that he should not speak loudly, sing, shout, talk in a whisper. Tell the kid that this is a game - you can not wake up the dwarves who sleep in the corners of the room.

With a bacterial infection, the treatment of the sore throat is completely different. As a rule, these are diagnoses such as sore throat, pharyngitis, tonsillitis. If the throat is not just red, but there is white bloom, sores and blotches, there should be no doubt, it is a bacterium. Such diagnoses are much more difficult to carry out - they are accompanied by high fever, intoxication, the child feels severe pain when swallowing, his appetite disappears, and in severe cases the lymph nodes may increase. In this case, the following measures will help to suppress illness and sore throat.

The doctor must prescribe antibiotics. Without them, the bacterial nature of the disease cannot be suppressed. Among them, Amoxicillin, Sumamed, Ceftriaxone, Ofloxacin, etc. Antibiotics are prescribed and taken according to the scheme - at regular intervals. Along with antibacterial therapy, beneficial bacteria are prescribed to help avoid intestinal microflora violation. Do not stop taking antibiotics ahead of time, otherwise the surviving bacteria will be able to quickly restore their colony. If antibiotics do not help within 3 days, and the child’s condition worsens, it is possible that the bacteria are not sensitive to this type of antibiotics, an urgent need to tell the doctor and change the drug.

Be sure to use local sprays and tablets containing antibiotics - Grammydin, Septolete, Streptocid, Hexalysis, etc. Be sure to gargle with broths and antiseptics.

Often, in case of sore throat, it happens that a child has a very high temperature, which does not get stuck or gets lost for a short time. As a rule, an antibiotic first accumulates in the body and only the field of it begins to act. In this case, it is very difficult to wait, so we will tell you about the effective way quick treatment  throat It is necessary to wind a piece of sterile bandage on a finger or a clean pencil, moisten it with an antiseptic solution and gently scrape the purulent plaques from the throat mucosa. The temperature will drop  instantly, there will be improvements. Be careful not to swallow pus - the child should spit it all out. If you are not able to carry out this procedure yourself, take the child to the ENT specialist. He will professionally make a throat wash, the child’s well-being will improve.

It is very useful to do inhalation, in which the child must breathe through the mouth. As a solution for inhalation, antiseptic compositions and medicinal herbs can be used. You can breathe steam over the pelvis, but it is much more efficient to use a nebulizer.

When angina is required bed rest. You should also give the baby a warm drink to relieve sore throat. Permanent fluid intake ensures the washing of germs from the throat, which greatly relieves pain. It is necessary to give a child sparing food - no salty, spicy and sour dishes - all this irritates the mucous.

As a rule, in most cases the pain in the throat is caused by a virus or a bacterium. But sometimes a sore throat may indicate other diagnoses.

1. Fungal stomatitis  Sometimes a fungal infection of the mucous membrane grows so much that ulcers form even on the throat. In this case, you need to pay attention to the antiseptic treatment of the mucous membranes and taking antifungal drugs.
2. Infectious mononucleosis.  One of the obvious symptoms of this disease is purulent throat, which does not go away even after washing with a doctor. The disease is accompanied by symptoms such as an increase in adenoids, lymph nodes and liver, high fever, in some cases a rash may occur.
3. Chickenpox.  This infectious disease is also characterized by sore throat, redness of the mucous membrane. Chickenpox is accompanied by a characteristic rash with a water head.
4. Measles.  When measles throat is also red, the disease is infectious, transmitted by airborne droplets. Measles is manifested by a characteristic rash, peeling of the skin, pigmentation, high fever.
5. Scarlet fever.  With scarlet fever, there is no purulent plaque on the throat, but the arms, the tongue and the tonsils acquire a bright red pigment, the throat as if "burning". Scarlet fever is accompanied by fever, intoxication, nausea, headache, and a characteristic itchy rash.

In addition, the throat can ache in diseases such as influenza, parainfluenza, diphtheria, adenoiditis, sinusitis, mycoplasmosis.

If all the symptoms of the child’s illness are familiar to you, you do not doubt the diagnosis and you are not confused by anything; you can treat the child yourself (with ARVI). If you suspect the baby has the bacterial nature of the disease or infectionif the red throat is accompanied by a rash and other unfamiliar symptoms, it is better to consult a doctor for a correct diagnosis.

Video: a universal way to treat throat

Children often suffer from colds - unfortunately, this is almost the axiom that many parents face. As a rule, the highest incidence rate is observed among patients of the younger age group - those who attend day care centers and first classes of school. To spread a respiratory infection, one patient is enough in an organized team - viruses and bacteria are quickly transmitted through close contact, toys, and, of course, through airborne droplets. Pathogens of parainfluenza, adenoviruses, streptococci can cause sore throat. It is very difficult to watch the deterioration of the child’s condition, so parents try to start throat treatment at home as soon as possible. What to use to really help the patient?

One of the immutable rules, primarily explained to physicians who study pediatric disciplines - the need to always remember the differences between children and adults. In children, depending on the age group, there are features - both anatomical and physiological. Therefore, the same treatment as adults is not always suitable for them. Therefore, they can carry the same infection much harder. The child is not a small adult. This should be known not only to specialists, but also to parents who intend to carry out treatment at home.

The difficulty of diagnosing diseases in a child lies primarily in the need to achieve understanding between the patient and the doctor. Small children can not always correctly describe their feelings. They are often inclined to agree with their parents, and answer affirmatively in response to questions, even if this is not true. Or, fearing unpleasant procedures, the child sometimes rejects the symptoms even with a bright objective picture. It can be difficult for parents to establish the true cause of the sore throat, so if you have any doubts about the diagnosis, you need an internal examination of the pediatrician.

It is possible to treat a throat at home if there are no warning signs. Most complaints are caused by viral infections (ARVI), which are mainly treated at home. TO alarming symptoms  concerns:

1. Very bad sore throat.
2. Significant increase in body temperature (39–40 ° C and more).
3. Nausea, vomiting, upset stool.
4. Consciousness.
5. Adoption of the child forced position in bed.

Pharyngitis and tonsillitis can be treated at home (acute, acute exacerbation of the chronic) - after consulting the doctor and determining the need for antibiotic therapy and the absence of indications for hospitalization. In angina, caused by beta-hemolytic streptococcus, antibiotics are needed, since this infectious agent can provoke severe complications (in particular, myocarditis, glomerulonephritis, etc.).

Antibacterial drug is used even after normalization of body temperature.

When a child is treated at home, the need to control the dose and duration of medication is the responsibility of adults who are nearby. If a doctor prescribes a certain course of antibiotic therapy, you need to follow the recommendations exactly.

If a child has a sore throat, you can not hesitate with the start of treatment. At the same time it is necessary to use not only medicines. The classic course of acute respiratory viral infections requires mainly symptomatic medical preparations - but at the same time, measures are shown to preserve the moisture of the mucous membranes, limiting physical exertion. How to independently treat the throat of the child at home? You can quickly help by doing the following:

• correction of humidity indicators (50–70%);
• temperature correction (19–20 ° C);
• abundant drinking at a comfortable temperature (water, tea, mors, compote);
• cooking only digestible, unsharp foods.

The patient is usually difficult to swallow - refusal to eat, which is offered in pieces, is an important symptom characterizing the clinical picture of pharyngitis and tonsillitis in young children. Therefore, during the period of marked pain syndrome, it is better to give the child liquid or semi-liquid food, to refuse crumbling cookies, seasonings and other dishes that may irritate the inflamed mucosa.

In the period of fever is required bed rest.

Sore throat in children is a symptom which, of course, cannot be removed by bed rest. But if the patient has enough rest and sleeps, he recovers much earlier. After the temperature indicators are normalized, you need a home mode. It is necessary to prevent sudden changes in the temperature of inhaled air - this exacerbates the manifestations of inflammation. Parents should not allow the child to come in contact with tobacco smoke, dust.

What kind therapeutic measures  shown with sore throat? Methods available for home use can be listed:

1. Rinse.
2. Lozenges.
3. Resorption home remedies.
4. Irrigation therapy.

Steam inhalations, hot foot baths and compresses on the neck area are widespread among home therapy. It is impossible to deny their effectiveness in certain diseases, but use in childhood is not always safe. Improper inhalation may cause increased coughing. During the procedures, burns occur (both in the oral mucosa and pharynx, and in the skin of the legs). Any thermal procedures are contraindicated with increasing body temperature. Compresses as dry heat can be used only on the recommendation of a doctor, since they are strictly prohibited in case of purulent inflammation.

Rinsing is a method of cleansing and moisturizing the mucous membrane, the main purpose of which is to eliminate accumulations of pus. But even with viral infections, rinsing benefits. The main thing is not to rely on him as the main method of therapy. This is just an extra event.

In order to gargle children, you can use:

• the extract of chamomile pharmaceutical (about 3 grams (tablespoon) of dry raw materials pour 0.2 liters of hot water, infuse for half an hour, strain, rinse with fresh infusion at a comfortable temperature);
• soda solution (a teaspoon of table soda is dissolved in 0.2 l of pure warm boiled water);
• iodine-saline solution with soda (a teaspoon of soda, ¼ a teaspoon of salt, 2 drops of iodine is taken in 0.2 l of boiled water);
• beet solution (0.2 l of fresh beet juice, filtered through cheesecloth, mix with 1 teaspoon of vinegar).

Beetroot rinse is only suitable for older children. Apply rinsing is possible only to those children who are able by virtue of age to understand how to carry out the procedure correctly. So that the patient is not afraid and not capricious, many parents show the implementation of rinsing by example. In this case, it is not necessary to force the child, he must calmly and consciously repeat all the necessary manipulations.

Obstacle to home treatment  rinses can become an unpleasant taste means. However, do not immediately after the procedure, drink water or other drinks, there is something to get rid of it. At least from 20 minutes to half an hour you can not do this.

Antiseptics and antibacterial rinses should be recommended by a doctor. Without the need for a solution of furatsilina, hydrogen peroxide, Givalex or alcohol tinctures of medicinal herbs is better not to use. With self-use of these drugs, you need to pay attention to age restrictions - for example, Givalex in the form of a solution can be used only for children over 6 years old.

It is very important to ensure that the child does not swallow the rinse solution.

Before starting the procedure, check the temperature of the medicine, pouring a small amount into a separate container. To avoid thermal damage to the mucous membrane, that is, a burn, you must make sure that the rinse solution is warm and not hot. The optimum temperature is between 35 and 37 ° C. Cold solutions should not be used in the same way as overheated ones. It should be prepared every time a fresh tool.

  Drug resorption

It is possible to dissolve tablets and lozenges in the oral cavity. It is best if they contain herbal ingredients that have anti-inflammatory effects (sage, chamomile). Local antiseptics and antibacterial drugs of topical (local) action should be purchased on the recommendation of a pediatrician. However, practice shows that combined means are most often used, therefore it is advisable to name those that are allowed for children:

1. Anti-angina tablets.
2. Septolet (pastilles).
3. Faringosept tablets.
4. Falimint tablets.

Need to choose a specific medicine. Usually used 1 tablet or lozenge 3 times a day. It helps to cure inflammation and eliminate sore throat (combination medications usually contain local anesthetics).

These medicines can be used only for children over 6 years old.

Small children should not be given pills, lozenges, or lozenges for sucking. This can be dangerous even if the child is constantly supervised by an adult. In addition, the dosage of the drug is designed for specific age categories of patients.

Among the home remedies able to fight inflammation in the throat are:

• garlic;
• aloe juice

How to treat a throat? Honey slowly dissolve 1 teaspoon several times a day. Garlic (small clove) need to chew and spit without swallowing. Aloe juice is best diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2 or more. It is worth noting that all these methods have significant drawbacks. First of all, it is a danger allergic reaction. A burn of the mucous membrane is also likely. A child, unlike an adult, is not always able to tell about his feelings in time and correctly. Children may, for fear of disapproval from adults, be afraid to interrupt the procedure. Therefore, it is best to give preference to pharmaceutical herbal preparations, the composition of which is selected and tested.

  Irrigation Therapy

Under the irrigation therapy understand different ways  cleansing of the mucous membrane. Most often it is used for rhinitis. Nasal washing is one of the most common methods of treatment not only of rhinitis, but also pharyngitis. With ARVI, the child complains not only of a sore throat, but also of nasal congestion. Nasal secret flowing down back wall  pharynx, irritated, inflamed areas. In addition, when the patient has runny nose, he breathes through his mouth - this is the cause of drying out of the pharyngeal mucosa.

If there is no cold, you do not need to flush your nose. Situations when, with pain in the throat, the nose is almost not blocked, are characteristic mainly of bacterial inflammation. In angina, pain and intoxication syndrome dominate, whereas with ARVI, the sore throat is combined with a runny nose, dry or wet coughand body temperature can be subfebrile.

What does “flushing the nose” mean and how to do it correctly when children have a sore throat? Salt solution is needed for the washing procedure.

To cook it, you will need:

1. Boiled warm water - 1000 ml.
2. Salt - 1 tsp.

The salt is dissolved in water, the prepared warm solution is used for washing. Water must be clean, thermally treated - this rule should not be neglected.

Pharmaceutical salt solution

Pharmacies offer different salt solutions. The classic option is isotonic, or physiological - 0.9% sodium chloride solution. Hypertonic solutions are needed only when purulent inflammation  and applied, as a rule, with a small amount of nasal secretions. If there is a lot of mucus, it is the physiological solution that is best suited. It is available in bottles of various sizes and must be sterile. It is applied only warm.

How to use salt solutions? Small children are dripping into their nose (a few drops in each nostril several times a day). Older children can rinse their nose over the sink with a syringe. At the same time it is impossible to press sharply on the piston, otherwise the infected mucus along with the solution can get into auditory tube  and provoke an inflammatory process.

If the nose is completely blocked, vasoconstrictive drops should be used before rinsing.

You can not attempt to "pierce" the nose with a syringe with a solution. This is associated with a high risk of complications of the washing procedure. If use vasoconstrictor drugs  It is prohibited (age restrictions or other contraindications), you need to discuss further treatment tactics with your doctor.

Treatment at home, even at home, should be monitored by a pediatrician. During the initial intake, the severity of the condition is determined, the diagnosis is signed by the treatment regimen. Repeated techniques allow you to adjust the treatment, to monitor changes in the patient's state of health. Home treatment should be carried out only in the absence of serious complications and health disorders of children using methods recommended by the doctor after an in-person consultation.

Before you begin to treat the child’s throat, parents, together with the doctor, need to determine which disease caused the discomfort in the throat. Only if you know the exact diagnosis and the symptoms accompanying the disease, you can start treating the baby.

Sore throat: what diseases can she accompany?

Diseases that cause sore throats in a child usually have two sources: bacteria and viruses. It is very important to understand what type of disease is your case, because the treatment of a bacterial infection is carried out with the help of antibiotics, and viral - symptomatic means.

The disease caused by bacteria, characterized by the presence of purulent plaque on the tonsils or pus running down the back of the throat. In addition, plaque or sores on the tongue may appear.

Tonsillitis

So called inflammation in the tonsils. Tonsillitis can be chronic, occur from time to time and have periods of exacerbation and remission.

The reasons for its occurrence are not only frequent colds, but also carious teeth, irritation respiratory tract  house dust or tobacco smoke, the presence of sinusitis.

Chronic tonsillitis often becomes acute, the name of which we all know well - sore throat.

Characteristic symptoms of tonsillitis (sore throats):

• high temperature (above 38 ° C);
• enlarged tonsils in a child and a white bloom on them;
• pain when swallowing;
• refusal to eat;
• general weakness.

Tonsillitis refers to bacterial infections and is treated with antibiotics. With its symptoms, it is necessary to show the baby to the doctor as soon as possible.

Important! Even if the child has become better or the symptoms have completely disappeared, in no case should one stop taking the prescribed medication.

Pharyngitis

So called inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa. The source of pharyngitis, in addition to the virus, can be allergies or injuries.

  The cause of this disease is easy to identify, as its development occurs immediately after exposure to irritating factors.

Viral pharyngitis on symptoms similar to sore throat. It is very important to distinguish one disease from another, since the methods of treatment, as stated above, are radically different.

Thus, the above signs of angina can also appear during pharyngitis, but in a less pronounced form. That is, the temperature is low, there are uncomfortable sensations in the throat that do not cause pain.

Distinctive features: characteristic of pharyngitis is increased pain in the morning, after the "drying" in the throat. Changes in the size of the tonsils does not occur, pus and plaque are absent.

ARVI

The most common cause of throat disease in children is ARVI. As a rule, in this case all the accompanying symptoms of the disease are added:

• fever,
• cough,
• sneezing
• runny nose
• general malaise.

Coxsackie virus

This disease is also characterized by a sore throat, but it is accompanied by the appearance of vesicles on the arms, legs, and mouth, like a chicken pox rash. The virus is very contagious to others, so if you suspect it in a baby, parents need to isolate it from other children and call the doctor at home.

Infectious mononucleosis

This infectious disease affects the throat and tonsils in babies.

  Symptomatically reminds sore throat:

• elevated temperature;
• sore throat (when swallowing, scratchy);
• enlarged lymph nodes;
• headache;
• general malaise.

However, unlike angina, as a rule, in children this disease is mild.

What to do when a child has a sore throat?

As a rule, the pain in the throat of children, allow to wait for the doctor or the district pediatrician to take home, but there are times when urgent medical intervention is required.

When should I call an ambulance?

1. The child is unable to swallow saliva. Saliva flows out of the mouth.
2. The temperature of his body rose above 38 ° C.
3. A sick baby has sharply increased tonsils.
4. He gasps.
5. The breath of the child is accompanied by a whistle or a squeak.
6. The baby has severe headache and nausea.

In other cases, the child’s sore throat should encourage parents to make a visit, first of all, to a doctor, and not to the nearest pharmacy.

Only after consulting with a specialist, finding out the exact disease and with a prescription on your hands, you can go for medicines prescribed according to the diagnosis.

General principles of treatment of a sore throat in children

The answer to the question: “How to treat a throat?”, Will primarily depend on the nature of the disease. For example, antibacterial treatment would be appropriate only for microbial infections.

Day regimen, humidity and room temperature

First of all, the child should create an atmosphere that is conducive to recovery: a suitable temperature regime (20-22 degrees), regular room ventilation and humidity at the level of 50-60%. Dry and hot air will irritate the respiratory tract and heal significantly.

Providing a child with bed rest is usually not easy, but it is still worth protecting him from unnecessarily active games. Cartoons, applications, drawing, reading - all this will perfectly take the baby and help save energy to fight infection.

Drinking mode

Plentiful drink is a worthy assistant in the fight against sore throat. A large amount of fluid, firstly, will eliminate possible dehydration of the body, and secondly, it will help to fight against intoxication, removing viruses and their metabolic products from the body.

In principle, you can drink everything except sour, irritating mucous drinks. That is, Coca-Cola is better to postpone until better times.

Suitable drinks for a baby with a sore throat will be:

1. Herbal teas. In addition to the calming effect, have an antiseptic. You can make chamomile, St. John's wort, thyme, mint. Do not forget about the possible allergies in the child. Dose drinks, watch the reaction of the body of the baby.

1. Warm milk. Milk in no way affects the disease and does not cure sore throat, but a glass of milk will help to get rid of dryness and tickling in the throat of a small patient.
2. Broth hips. Popular remedy for the prevention and control of colds. A high content of vitamin C, indeed, strengthens the immune system and allows it to more actively fight viruses and bacteria. A pleasant taste, as a rule, is very popular with children of all ages.
3. A common remedy for sore throat are drinks with lemon, but here you should be careful. Lemon can cause irritation of the mucous membrane, which will entail a deterioration in the health of the baby.

Important! The temperature of the drinks offered to the child should be approximately equal to the body temperature. This is necessary so that the body does not spend power on cooling or heating the fluids entering it. Warm drinking also helps at elevated temperatures.

Nutrition

The main rule - if the child does not want to eat, do not force! So now his body is focused on the fight against the disease. Having fed the baby against his will, you will “distract” the body to digest food, thereby increasing the recovery time.

Remove all spices and supplements from the children's menu: nothing sharp, sour, salty, fried and fatty. Suitable meals for a sick child will be porridges on water and milk, steamed vegetables, fruit puree or cream soup.

Folk remedies for gargling

The most effective way  Dealing with sore throat for children over three years old is a gargle. Rinsing perfectly “washes away” the viruses accumulated on and around the tonsils and helps the child to quickly get rid of the disease.

You can gargle with broths of herbs (sage, chamomile, St. John's wort), or with ordinary salt water: half a teaspoon of salt per cup (250ml) of warm water. Rinse should be repeated every two hours.

Inhalations and cough sweets

You can add or replace gargling with inhalations. Today, in a pharmacy, you can buy steam or ultrasonic inhalers, which, unlike a pot of potatoes, do not threaten children with burns.

In the steam inhaler, you can add all the same herbs or essential oils (in small quantities and after consulting a doctor).

In addition to inhalers, pharmacies can offer children cough drops. They should be used if you are sure that the child will understand that it is not necessary to nibble the candy and immediately swallow it, but it is worth dissolving gradually.

Syrups and sprays

Pharmaceutical sprays and syrups are a worthy alternative to gargling for babies who cannot gargle. Most of them have an antiseptic and analgesic effect and help with soreness, dryness and other discomfort  in the throat.

We emphasize once again that these methods of dealing with sore throat in children are only a way to alleviate their condition during illness. How to cure the disease itself, in each individual case, find out from the pediatrician, and then strictly follow his recommendations.

Remember, only a doctor can accurately determine the nature of the infection and prescribe proper treatment  your baby!

Such an unpleasant phenomenon, as sore throat, usually occurs unexpectedly. Especially in children. Drenched legs, walked bare-headed, ate ice cream - these are the usual reasons for mild scratching or severe painfrom which the voice will change and it will become difficult to swallow.

If the throat mucosa is irritated because of a serious ailment, it is better not to try to cope with it yourself, but go to the doctor right away - this will relieve the baby from the appearance of severe symptoms or complications. But if unpleasant symptoms  caused by the most common cold, it is quite possible to cope on their own, using proven popular methods.

What are the popular methods of treating throat in babies? Traditional medicine prefers therapy. catarrhal diseases  with the help of antiseptics and antibiotics that are not always safe by themselves. In contrast, treatment folk remedieswho used many generations of mothers and grandmothers, effectively and safely even for babies of infancy.

How to apply folk recipes

It's no secret that many of the traditional medicines are the basis of traditional medicine. Therefore, the use of non-traditional methods of treatment is not “waving a shaman tambourine”, but a return to the sources, to the nature of things. This type of therapy is much less side effects  and contraindications than traditional medicines.

Attention! Before the therapy of babies with folk methods, consultation with a pediatrician is necessary, especially if a child is sick up to a year.

If the baby has suffered hypothermia, he has redness and slight swelling in his throat, runny nose and other symptoms of ARVI, it is absolutely realistic to heal with non-traditional methods. The main thing - to prevent further development of the disease. Traditional medicine shows good results with viral diseases  such as influenza and ARVI, which are often accompanied by laryngitis, nasopharyngitis, tonsillitis.

However, traditional methods of treatment are not shown to everyone and not always. It is impossible to treat a child at home with compresses, inhalations and mustard plaster if he has a fever and the doctor has diagnosed sore throat or bacterial pharyngitis.

Also, traditional methods of treatment are contraindicated if there is an allergy to the components or their intolerance. Young children are often allergic to honey and other bee products, as well as citrus fruits, so you should be especially careful in their use.

How to cure the throat of infants

Therapy for colds or ENT diseases in infants should be carried out only with the appointment and under the supervision of a doctor. Usually it happens like this: after the first call home, the doctor or nurse periodically comes to the baby, observing the healing process. If the doctor allows, you can be treated with popular recipes, but their choice is reduced depending on how small the patient is.

Rules for the treatment of diseases of the throat in children younger than a year

• Do not under any circumstances cancel medication prescribed by a doctor. If your doctor has recommended the use of antibiotics, antihistamines or antiviral drugs  - it is necessary.
• When a child has a body temperature of less than 38 degrees on the background of a viral infection, it is not worth shooting down. If the same picture is observed with a bacterial infection - the temperature should try to normalize. Proven folk methods of lowering the temperature are applying to the forehead of cloth moistened in camphor alcohol (not less than nine months and necessarily with the permission of the doctor), wiping with cool water, if the year is enough - warm herbal tea with raspberries. Do not often need to water the child with diaphoretic teas, so that his body does not lose too much fluid.
• Maximize baby fluid intake. Mother's milk is not only food and drink for the baby, but also antiseptic (in the process of sucking the mother's breast, the small throat is disinfected, the pain decreases). In addition to milk, a child can be given clean water without gas and teas recommended for his age, which can be easily found in a pharmacy.
• The room of a sick baby should be regularly ventilated; it is necessary to do wet cleaning every day in it. It is also important to moisten the air in the room. For this, special humidifiers are used; If there is no such device, it is possible to put a wet cloth on the battery or place a container filled with water next to the baby.
• If the child suffered hypothermia, putting a warm compress on the throat with sage or chamomile infusions will help. The bandage must be removed as soon as it cools.

• To disinfect the throat cavity, the baby can be smeared with an antiseptic or special phytocomplexes and other traditional disinfecting drugs (for example, chamomile or eucalyptus).
• When bathing, it is good to put healing herbs in the bath, especially eucalyptus. His couples have a powerful disinfecting effect, as well as strengthen the immune system.
• From six months, you can use aloe juice: it is diluted with water at the rate of one to four, and then injected for the cheeks (5-10 g) or used for neat lubrication of the neck.

Attention! Irrigation of the throat and steam inhalation are contraindicated for babies under one year old!

How to treat throat kiddies from one year to three

A child from a year old and older is more in contact with other babies, so his sore throat is most often caused by viruses. Such diseases are usually accompanied by cough and runny nose. What to do?

• Drink as much as possible of herbal teas (from chamomile, currant leaves, and so on), tea with the addition of honey, raspberry, sage tincture. When laryngitis or pharyngitis well warmed milk with butter or honey.
• To conduct inhalations with mineral water, infusions of plants or saline, which soften the throat and reduce the symptoms of the disease.
• Often gargle with beet juice, water with apple cider vinegardivorced sea ​​salt  or tincture of oak bark.
• When the acute period ends, a warming compress will help prevent the disease from becoming chronic.
• If a sore throat is diagnosed, it is necessary to take antibiotics. It is supplemented by rinsing treatment (washes out infection from the throat and pus).

How to treat throat preschoolers

In children from three to seven years, the first chronic diseases may already appear. According to statistics, most often it is tonsillitis or pharyngitis. But if adequate therapy is done on time, the child will have no problems.

In case of viral infection or exacerbation chronic diseases  you need to rinse your throat often for at least three minutes at a time.

Cold children well warm the throat with mustard plaster, patches, compresses or rubbing ointments. If the child has a normal temperature, hot inhalations can be performed. Also from ARVI well help foot baths.

Traditional methods of treating throat for teens

Treatment for older children is almost the same as adult therapy. Adolescents often affect angina, which must be treated with antibiotics, so that there are no serious complications of the heart, kidneys, or joints. Children over seven years old are able to inhale pairs of boiled potatoes themselves, as well as pairs of herbal decoctions and infusions. Chewing propolis, applications with honey, gargling with diluted sea salt and other recipes are very helpful. traditional medicine.

When is it time to use medicine

Cure colds and ENT diseases in children can only early stages. If after a day of application of traditional medicine methods, there has been no improvement, and fever, cough and pain have been added to the mild runny nose and the sore throat, you should immediately call a doctor and start a drug treatment. The exception in this case are infants: for them the doctor should be invited at the slightest signs of indisposition.

How to cure a throat folk remedies: video

Often the major symptom of acute respiratory infections  appearance is considered painful sensations  in the throat. Often these pathologies are accompanied by lesions of the upper respiratory tract and the most common among them are, and.

Sore throat, which is combined with the deterioration of the child's well-being and the appearance of anxiety, greatly delays the process of treatment and rapid recovery. When fighting respiratory diseases  Parents need to know how to treat a child's sore throat and avoid the development of various complications.

It is not a separate disease, but only one of the symptoms that occur with the progression of various pathologies.

One of the main causes of pain in the throat is the development of inflammatory processthat various pathogens cause:

• bacteria
• mushrooms
• simple viruses

When penetrating oral cavity  the infection enters the mucous membrane and oropharynx, causing its damage and irritation.

In addition, vascular dilation occurs under the influence of pathogenic microorganisms, and biologically active substances are released that affect nerve endings, and thereby provoke the appearance of pain.

The progression of infection leads to the fact that the work of the mucous glands is disturbed, and the amount of saliva decreases. The result of this is the appearance severe dryness  in the area of ​​the throat and pharynx, which is complemented by increased discomfort and strong pain.

Most often, sore throat occurs as a result of progression in the human body:

• ARVI
• stomatitis
• diphtheria
• mononucleosis

In some cases pain sensations  in the throat they are caused by irritation of mucous substances that penetrate from the air into the oral cavity. To provoke pain in the throat can and foreign bodywhich enters the oropharynx of the child.

Symptomatology

Contact a specialist for medical care  should be when the following symptoms in a child:

• staining throat bright red
• severe swelling and tongue
• accumulation of pus
• rash on tonsils
• pain in the throat accompanied by sore
• body lift
• lymph node enlargement
• appearance
• change or its complete loss
• strong irritability of the child

In case if viral infection  progresses rapidly, then there is a manifestation of vivid symptoms.

In addition, from the first day of the development of the disease, the body temperature rises.

With a bacterial infection, a gradual increase in the symptoms of the disease is observed, and the increase in body temperature occurs by 2-3 days. In the event that pain in the throat results from the progression of an allergic reaction, the symptoms of the disease disappear after the elimination of irritants.

To eliminate pain in the throat it is recommended to carry out, which are divided into:

• essential
• steam rooms

It is important to remember that steam inhalation is permitted only in older children. To do this, add a little in a small container with hot water. essential oiland the child inhales outgoing fumes. This allows you to warm the sore throat and cause excessive sweating.In addition, essential oils have   and an antibacterial effect on the inflamed throat, which significantly speeds up the healing process.

When conducting essential inhalations, the room space is saturated with antibacterial substances that have a beneficial effect on the entire body. To do this, in the child's room is placed aromalampa, which add a few drops of essential oil. To fill the room with useful substances, you can also use products containing phytoncides, among which onions and garlic are considered the most useful. Vegetables are cut into small slices and laid out in different corners of the room.

A good effect is provided by inhalation with the help of which significantly speeds up the healing process.

In childhood, you can use the following types of inhalers:

• steam
• ultrasonic
• compressor inhaler.

For the procedure in the inhaler, you can add:

• Herbal solutions:chamomile, calendula and yarrow
• Solution
• Dioxidine
• Lidocoin

Useful video for parents - tonsillitis in a child.

In order for the treatment with inhalation to be more effective, they are recommended to be carried out according to the following rules:

1. the optimal time for the procedure is 1-2 hours after a meal.
2. after playing sports and physical education at least two hours must pass
3. with a combination of pain in the throat with severe cold  you must breathe in the nose and mouth
4. after carrying out it is not recommended to go out and strain the vocal cords

Inhalations are considered effective remedy  treatment of the throat, which helps to improve the condition of the respiratory system, and clear the throat from the accumulation of pathogenic microorganisms.

Folk remedies

Sore throat in a child - treatment: tips of traditional medicine

The combination gives a good effect. drug treatment  throat in childhood with traditional medicine.

The most effective among them are the following recipes:

• It is necessary to mix dry grass of yarrow, eucalyptus, St. John's wort and calendula. In a small container should pour 20 grams of dry mixture and pour 500 ml of boiling water over it. The resulting mass must be kept in a water bath for 5 minutes, after which the resulting drug can be used for.
• When diagnosing in children and treatment can be carried out using soda inhalation. For this, 10 grams of soda is poured with boiling water and it is necessary to let the child breathe over the outgoing steam.
• A good effect gives a solution of propolis, which is prepared by popular recipe. Dissolve 10 ml in 200 ml of water, and the mixture is recommended to gargle every hour.
• Beet refers to the vegetable that has an antiseptic property. To obtain a solution for rinsing squeeze the juice from the beets and dilute it with water in a 1: 1 ratio. The mixture is used to rinse the throat 3-4 times a day.
• During treatment, you can lubricate the sore throat with a mixture made from honey and rosehip.

Some herbs can cause an allergic reaction or angioedema. In addition, lead to severe complications  can conduct thermal procedures when high temperature  or with a bacterial infection of an acute nature.

Some herbs are completely incompatible with drugs  may lead to the development of complications.

Facilities folk treatment  can be dangerous to the health of the child, so they can be used only after consulting with a specialist.

Drug treatment disease

In the event that the throat hurts in acute pharyngitis, the treatment is carried out using:

• Penicillin
• Amoxicillin

If you are allergic to penicillin, an alternative antibacterial agent is prescribed for the child. Small children are given in liquid form or in pills, and if they are refused, they are used. With the right medical therapy, the child’s well-being improves after a few days.

Often, experts prescribe to treat pain in the throat with aerosols, which include anesthetic. As part of these drugs is often present a component such as benzocaine, which provoke the development of an allergic reaction in childhood.

If allergy symptoms appear, you should contact a specialist who will replace the treatment.

Special lozenges can get rid of pain and increased dryness in the throat, however, they are not recommended for use in the treatment of young children. A good result gives a combination of such candy with reception antibacterial drugs.

Throat treatment in infants

Sore throat in infants - safe treatment

In the event that a child of infancy has symptoms of pain in the throat and his general well-being has worsened, it is necessary to show it to a specialist. Only a doctor will be able to diagnose the nature of the infection that caused the development of the disease, and prescribe an effective treatment.

Most often, the appearance of pain in the throat is complemented by development, so experts recommend starting treatment with washing the nasal passages.

Treatment of sore throat should be carried out in accordance with the following rules:

• Throat treatment is carried out with the help of antibacterial drugs or antiviral agents and it depends on the nature of the infection.
• The throat is treated with antiseptic preparations, as well as infusion of chamomile and sage.

In the event that pain in the throat is complemented by the appearance of cough, the treatment is carried out with the help of:

• expectorant
• antiallergic
• antipyretic drugs

Medicines for infants can be given in the form of drops, candles or tablets, which are previously dissolved in water.

Treatment can be carried out with the help of traditional medicine, however, should be abandoned from the use of allergenic products in the form of honey and garlic.

Usually, treatment of the throat in children is 7-10 days and it depends on the prescribed medications.

It is easiest to prevent any pathology than to spend energy on its treatment. For this reason, an important place in childhood should take preventive measures.

One of effective methods  is hand washing, which helps prevent infection in the mouth. In addition, it is important to pay attention to the cleanliness of the nails and skin between the fingers. In the event that the child is outside the home, then alcohol-based wipes are considered a good alternative to hand washing.