How to treat chronic pharyngitis
Disease description:
I have been coughing frequently lately, with a sore and swollen throat. The doctor diagnosed it as chronic pharyngitis. I would like to ask the doctor, how is chronic pharyngitis treated?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Lu Cheng
The treatment of chronic pharyngitis mainly includes the following aspects:
1. Lifestyle care: Avoid consuming spicy and highly irritating foods, such as chili peppers and pepper. Consume more bland and easily digestible foods, such as lean meat porridge and vegetable porridge, to reduce irritation to the throat.
2. Medication: Western medicines, such as Acyclovir tablets and Penicillin Sodium for injection, are used to inhibit local infections. Traditional Chinese patent medicines, such as Isatis Root Granules and Qinghou Lianyan Granules, have effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and improving throat symptoms.
3. Physical therapy: Therapeutic methods such as acupuncture and cupping can help promote the elimination of toxins from the body and enhance immunity, thus providing some benefit in treating chronic pharyngitis.
4. Surgical treatment: For patients with severe symptoms who do not respond well to medication, surgical treatments such as tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy may be considered.
