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Why should the pharynx see a doctor?
Because human beings need to breathe all the time to survive, germs often exist in air particles, and the pharynx is the door for germs to enter the human body, which is a barrier, just like the door of a castle. If the door is attacked, it means that bacteria may invade, so pharyngeal consultation is a necessary item for pediatric consultation.
Then the question comes again-
Pharyngeal redness is commonly known as pharyngeal inflammation. Do you need to deal with it?
Every day when children go to school, the doctors in kindergarten will show them their throats. If they find their throats are red, they will add: their throats are red, so drink more water. Is this sentence reasonable?
Does red throat mean the severity of the disease?
Most importantly, do you need anti-inflammatory drugs for sore throat?
Let me answer them for you.
Pharyngeal redness is commonly known as pharyngeal inflammation. Do you need to deal with it?
First of all, the redness of the pharynx is caused by the invasion of bacteria or the stimulation of the pharynx (cold, hot, dry, foggy air, etc.). ). Why is the mucosa red? In fact, mucous membranes are just like blushing. When others say you are so beautiful, you may be shy and your heart will beat faster, and then you will feel sympathetic and blush. When the pharyngeal mucosa is stimulated or invaded by bacteria, submucosal immune cells will gather and submucosal blood vessels will expand and fill. The purpose of filling is to gather immune cells in blood vessels. Immune cells are commonly known as inflammatory cells, so red throat is often called "throat inflammation". Inflammatory cells are equivalent to the guardians of the city gate. If the guardian can handle it himself and keep the bacteria at the door, the body will not get sick, so as long as the body does not have abnormal symptoms, the throat will be red.
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Is it useful to drink more water?
It is still useful, because the redness of the throat means that more bacteria are gathered at the door. Although it doesn't mean that you are sick, if the bacterial aggregation continues to increase, it is possible that bacteria will overcome the defender (mucosal barrier) and invade the body. Drinking water will help clean the pharyngeal mucosa, so drinking water is still meaningful.
But drinking water is not a guarantee, because whether the body will be infected or not is also related to the virulence of bacteria and the environment. If the home continues to be dry, for example, many families turn on the heating in cold weather, which leads to the lack of ventilation in the home environment and the easy breeding of germs, so the home needs regular ventilation, and the heating lasts for a long time at night. Because you can't drink water regularly during sleep, mucosal dryness is also an advantage of bacterial invasion. Therefore, if heating for a long time, it is recommended to use a humidifier, but the humidifier needs to be cleaned every day.
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Does red throat mean the severity of the disease?
Sometimes, the doctor will grade the redness and swelling of the pharynx. The pharynx is very red, a little red. So, do "very red" and "a little red" have any influence on the judgment of the disease?
In fact, the degree of congestion has little to do with the degree of disease, because they are all manifestations outside the city gate, the most important situation in the castle, such as mental state, fever, shortness of breath, dehydration and so on. When you are sick; Therefore, the symptoms are still the main symptoms. I don't need to be particularly alarmed when I hear the doctor say that my throat is very red.
The most important interpretation is, do you need antibiotics for sore throat?
Back to the beginning of the article, such a long speech is to prove that red voice is only a manifestation, which only represents the work of immune cells in the body.
Etiology includes irritation, infection, etc. Infected pathogens include bacteria and viruses. In the spectrum of upper respiratory tract infections, most of them are mainly viral infections, and viral infections are gradually eliminated mainly by internal immunity. As we all know, antibiotics are ineffective against viruses. Therefore, although throat red represents throat inflammation (only inflammatory cells gather to play a role), it does not mean bacterial infection, let alone the need to use antibiotics. Therefore, it is unreasonable to take antibiotics at the sight of throat inflammation; In addition, some claim that Chinese patent medicines can "diminish inflammation" or "clear heat and detoxify". First of all, Chinese patent medicines have various components, and their curative effects and side effects are not clear. In addition, the claimed "anti-inflammatory" is not supported by clear evidence and is not recommended.