Recently, there have been more people with sore throats suddenly, and related topics have also appeared on Weibo hot searches, causing widespread attention.
Many netizens said that laryngitis suddenly appeared
Doctor analysis
"My throat was swollen overnight, and I thought it was tonsil inflammation, and then I started to have a low-grade fever, and I had no strength all over my body, and my throat was so swollen that I couldn't even swallow water. On January 28, Wang Yuan (pseudonym), who works in Beijing, said that at first she thought she had the new crown or the flu, but the results were all "negative", and she took a lot of anti-inflammatory drugs, but her throat did not improve.
There are not a few netizens who are in a similar situation to Wang Yuan, and some netizens even said: "I escaped the new crown, but I didn't avoid this pharyngitis", "My throat was dry in the afternoon, and I 'swallowed the blade' directly at night, and my whole body was sore", "Is this a virus that specifically attacks the throat? The tonsils are suppurated, and the swallowing saliva hurts, and it has been 9 days." ”
Hu Yang, deputy chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, said that sore throat is common in acute inflammation of the throat, such as acute tonsillitis, acute pharyngitis, acute laryngitis, etc., which are mostly caused by bacterial infection or viral infection, and may also be caused by bacterial and viral mixed infection.
Xie Jin, chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, believes that some acute pharyngitis is caused by viral infection, which may be common viruses and adenoviruses. Ordinary viruses sometimes cannot be detected by testing, so they will go to the hospital to find out whether they are not the current epidemic influenza A and B, nor are they new crowns, mycoplasma pneumonia and other viruses.
How to relieve throat irritation?
Doctors advise
At the beginning of acute laryngitis, symptoms are often acute, with a dry, burning dry pain in the pharynx that is more pronounced when swallowing saliva than when eating. How to relieve throat irritation?
Otolaryngologist:
1. Rinse your mouth with salt water, 2. Moisten your throat with steam, 3. Ensure drinking water, 4. Take pharyngitis tablets.
Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Physicians:
1. Drink more water: choose room temperature water, warm water, avoid overheating, you can also choose traditional Chinese medicine tea, such as fat sea tea, citrus tea;
2. Try to choose warm things: such as warm water, tea, chicken soup, white porridge, etc. (note that it is warm, too hot food or liquid may burn the throat and aggravate the pain);
3. Eat some throat moisturizers: Honey and hard candies can also relieve sore throats to a certain extent, especially throat lozenges that contain mint. After eating, it feels cold, which can make people forget the pain in their throat for a while;
4. Improve air humidity and avoid air pollution: If the air is too dry and air pollution will exacerbate sore throat, you can use a humidifier to improve the ambient humidity to help relieve the symptoms of sore throat. In addition, it is important to stay away from secondhand smoke and avoid exposure to tobacco smoke to prevent smoke irritation and aggravation of sore throat.
TCM Practitioners:
In addition to choosing fat sea tea and citrus tea, patients can also add some bellflower and licorice. When drinking herbal tea drinks, it is necessary to pay attention to the proper protection of the spleen and stomach, especially for people with cold and damp stomachs (people who are prone to stomach pain, abdominal pain, and diarrhea after eating raw and cold), you can put two red dates appropriately; people with loose stools can add some tangerine peel as appropriate; people who often stay up late can add some wolfberry chrysanthemums; and people who talk a lot at work can add some black plum and American ginseng.
These symptoms require prompt medical attention
Severe laryngitis is rare but carries the risk of airway obstruction, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. Therefore, it is very important to learn to recognize red flags and seek medical attention in time.
When the following 6 conditions occur, it means that there may be some risks for the condition causing the sore throat and you need to seek medical attention promptly:
Beijing Municipal Disease Control and Prevention
Publish Spring Festival health tips
With the Spring Festival holiday approaching, what is the situation of respiratory infectious diseases in Beijing, and how can citizens prevent them?
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention that the monitoring data shows that the respiratory infectious diseases in Beijing are still dominated by influenza recently, and the positive rate of influenza virus in influenza-like cases in Beijing Sentinel Hospital in the past week is 44.9%, a decrease of 7 percentage points from the previous week. At present, the epidemic of new coronavirus infection is still at a low epidemic level, and the positive rate of new coronavirus among influenza-like cases in sentinel hospitals in the past week is 6.4%, and the proportion of JN.1 variant is gradually increasing.
With the Spring Festival holiday approaching, visiting relatives and friends, dining gatherings have increased, increasing the risk of transmission of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and new crowns.
First, it is necessary to improve the awareness of disease prevention: those returning to their hometowns and traveling during the Spring Festival plan their trips in advance, travel off-peak, pay attention to the travel tips of relevant professional departments, understand the current situation of disease epidemics in their destinations, and do a good job in personal health protection. Avoid staying in crowded places for a long time, and wear a mask correctly when going out with respiratory symptoms such as fever and cough to avoid infecting others.
Second, we should pay attention to personal protection: it is recommended that the elderly, the frail and children should not be crowded and polluted places as much as possible. Patients with chronic diseases should try to avoid high-intensity exercise, especially the elderly with hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and other diseases.
Third, it is necessary to develop good hygiene habits: wear a mask when going to medical institutions and elderly care institutions, wear a mask when taking public transportation such as trains and planes, and enter crowded places; wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, and cover coughs and sneezes.
Fourth, we should do a good job of cold protection and warmth: pay attention to weather changes, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, inside and outside the carriage is large, and clothing should be increased or decreased in a timely manner according to temperature changes to avoid cold; in case of bad weather, the road is snowy and icy, pay attention to safety when going out.
Fifth, it is necessary to pay attention to food safety and hygiene: when handling raw and cooked ingredients, they should be separated from raw and cooked, and cooked thoroughly; they should not eat raw or semi-raw seafood and aquatic products; they should maintain hand hygiene; when they go out for dinner gatherings, they should go to regular restaurants with food business licenses; and they should advocate "public spoons and chopsticks" and "separate meal systems".
Sixth, we must maintain a healthy lifestyle: regular work and rest, ensure sleep, balanced diet, adhere to appropriate physical exercise, enhance the body's immunity and resistance, and maintain emotional stability and physical and mental happiness.
Seventh, we must actively vaccinate: encourage the elderly, immunocompromised and other eligible citizens to actively vaccinate the new crown vaccine containing XBB antigen components, and take small molecule drugs as soon as possible once the new crown virus infection is confirmed.
Eighth, we should do a good job of health monitoring: if there are symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, etc., take measures such as resting at home, taking medicine or seeking medical attention in time according to the situation; if the condition is aggravated or the original underlying disease is significantly aggravated, you should seek medical attention immediately.
Source丨Beijing Youth Daily, Health Times, Shangguan News
Transferred from: Sichuan Observation SCTV