Acute sore throat

Acute sore throat, as a rule, is characterized as sharp, strong, difficult to tolerate, difficult to swallow, eat and talk.

Causes of acute pain in the throat

Most often, the causes of its occurrence are infectious and inflammatory lesions of the larynx, pharynx, tonsils, trachea, namely, the following diseases:

• tonsillitis ;
• pharyngitis;
• laryngitis;
• tracheitis;
• epiglottitis;
• acute respiratory viral infections;
• diphtheria;
• scarlet fever, etc.

Often soreness in the throat, associated with the diseases listed above, is accompanied by an increase in body temperature, coughing, sputum formation, purulent plugs, etc. If there is a sharp pain in the throat without temperature, then the possible causes of it are as follows:

• excessive stress on the vocal cords;
• mechanical and thermal trauma to the mucosa;
• the effect of irritants, allergens;
• pathology of the digestive system;
• tumor processes in the throat or nearby tissues.

How to relieve a sharp pain in the throat?

To reduce discomfort, local medicinal products can be used in the form of lozenges, resorption tablets , aerosols, etc., which have an emollient, anesthetic and antiseptic effect, for example:

• Septollet Plus;
• Hexoral tablets;
• Strepsils plus;
• Neo-angina;
• Oracept;
• Grippotsitron Lor, etc.

Also with severe pain, they are effective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the form of tablets for oral administration (Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, etc.).

Treatment of acute pain in the throat

The first thing that it is recommended to do with acute pain in the throat is to go to a medical institution for an accurate diagnosis. Based on the results of the examination, appropriate treatment can be prescribed, aimed not only at eliminating the symptom, but also affecting the cause of the pathology. Thus, bacterial infection requires the use of antibiotics, with fungal - antimycotics, with allergic diseases - antihistamines.