Angina. Symptoms in the child. Treatment

Probably, every adult had to face such an unpleasant disease as a sore throat. Symptoms in a child will be almost the same as in an adult, but in many ways they depend on its type.

The most common is bodily angina. Symptoms in the child manifest themselves in this case quite quickly, since the period of the disease development takes from a couple of hours to 2-4 days. The kid will experience dryness and choking in the throat, pain, sometimes giving in the ear, a headache. Sometimes muscles and joints ache, body temperature rises, chills are observed. In addition, there is a general weakness in the body. Lymph nodes are painful. Catarrhal angina lasts 1-2 days. After this, the inflammation disappears or the disease passes into a different form.

Also there is lacunar angina. Symptoms in the child remain the same, and the duration of the flow of angina in this form is from 5 to 9 days.

When the follicular apparatus of the tonsils is attacked, follicular tonsillitis develops . Symptoms in a child that most likely will appear are a sudden chill, severe pain in the pharynx and an increase in temperature to 39-40 ° C. Lymph nodes increase in size and hurt. There are signs of intoxication, to which, in addition to general malaise, pain in the joints, muscles and heart, as well as headaches, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and a decrease in the amount of urine released.

How to cure a sore throat in a child? The first task in this is to bring down the heat. Antipyretic drugs should be left to the extreme and take advantage of folk remedies. A kid must receive a sufficient amount of warm drink. Extremely useful in angina tea from currants, raspberries and chamomile.

It is often possible to remove toxins from the body only with the help of an enema. Ordinary water enema to children is contraindicated, so you should prepare a saline solution (a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water). Newborns under 6 months are injected with about 50 ml of solution, from half a year to 1.5 years - up to 100 ml, from 2 years - about 1 cup, preschoolers - up to 1.5-2 glasses, and adolescents (12-14) need about 800 Ml solution.

Also, you can knock down the temperature with cold wraps. Wetting a T-shirt or shirt with ice water, you need to put it on the baby, on top of putting on another dry and warm sweater. Let the child sweat, usually it takes 40-90 minutes. After that, you need to wash it under a warm shower.

With sore throat, gargle should be regularly rinsed. Water with honey, decoction of plantain (4 sheets per cup of boiling water), freshly squeezed beet juice with apple cider vinegar, sage infusions, chamomile, calendula, yarrow, eucalyptus, "sea water" (1/2 teaspoon of salt And soda, 5 drops of iodine per glass of water).

Compresses can accelerate the recovery. A cloth soaked in cold water is wrapped around the neck, wrapped on top with a dry towel and a warm scarf tied around it. Such a compress should be left for 1-2 hours, and do it several times a day.

It is best if the doctor examines your child - only specialists know what type of angina in children. Treatment, antibiotics, which you will appoint, completely depend on the characteristics of the disease and the nature of its course. To prevent the disease from turning into a more severe form, you should carefully observe the regimen of taking medications. To cope with the pain in the throat will help a variety of sprays and lollipops.