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Sore throat, Infectious pharyngitis, Tonsillitis. DEFINITION
The viral pharyngitis is a process that it studies with sore throat, itch, inconveniences on having swallowed meal or drinks, it gives fever and general discomfort, and whose cause is an infection for virus.
CAUSES
The infectious pharyngitis for virus can owe to infections for adenovirus, virus of the flu, the Epstein-Barr virus to itself, and many others, inclusive the virus VIH.
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In general this illness appears during the sudden changes of temperature and in winter, as it is infectious it is transmitted and there are usually several affected members of the family.
SYMPTOMS
The viral pharyngitis produces sore throat, itch and dry cough, inconveniences on having swallowed and in some cases fever with general discomfort. There usually associates with symptoms of rinitis infectious nasal with nasal obstruction, excess of agüilla nasal and sneezes.
If the symptoms of fever, general discomfort are intense or extend more than three days there can be a suspicion of bacterial infection and for it it is necessary to come to the doctor to realize a cultivation for smear of the gullet, which will serve to obtain the cause of a bacterial infection that will need antibiotic treatment. In other occasions it can be a question of a glandular fever that has another different treatment. TREATMENT
- There are used analgesics (Aspirin, except in the children, Ibuprofeno, Paracetamol).
- It is recommended not to drink cold drinks, to not to speak very much, to not to smoke.
- To do gargles with slightly salty water, with lemon juice or with a little of honey.
- The steam with water vapor usually improves the symptoms.
If the pain does not improve or the fever is supported it is necessary to think about a bacterial infection and it will have to come to his doctor to initiate a study to see the possible cause, later to put a treatment with antibiotics.
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