Laryngitis Treatment At Home - 5 Steps

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Laryngitis treatment at home

With the onset of the cold season, people begin to suffer from various infectious diseases. Laryngitis refers precisely to such pathologies. The disease is characterized by inflammation of the larynx. Laryngitis should be treated immediately after the first symptoms appear, otherwise the disease can become chronic and provoke the development of severe complications. Therapy largely depends on what type of disease a person has.

Laryngitis can be a secondary symptom of other diseases, or it can act as an independent inflammation. Various external factors can provoke it. The weaker a person's immunity, the faster the pathogenic flora multiplies in the throat.

Therefore, risk factors for the development of laryngitis are:

• Hypothermia of the body.
• Breathing through the mouth.
• Excessive stress on the vocal cords.
• Smoking.
• Inhalation of contaminated air.
• Alcohol abuse.

Sometimes a narrowing of the glottis and respiratory failure occurs after a stinging insect bite. Food allergy is also a risk factor.

Reasons for the transition of acute laryngitis to a chronic form:

• Incorrectly selected therapy, or its complete absence.
• Chronic runny nose or tonsillitis.
• Accommodation in an area with an unfavorable ecological situation.
• Tobacco smoking.
• Pharyngitis.
• Violation of metabolic processes in the body.

To reduce the influence of pathological factors on the body, you need to temper. When the disease has already begun to develop, one should not wait for its independent resolution. Therapy should be started as early as possible. Hospitalization is not required to cope with the disease. Treatment can be done at home.

Content:

• General recommendations for the treatment of laryngitis
• Laryngitis treatment at home
• What should not be done with laryngitis?

General recommendations for the treatment of laryngitis

Early therapy for laryngitis ensures successful relief from the disease. If the immune system is not already weakened, it will have the strength to fight the acute form of inflammation.

General recommendations for treating laryngitis at home:

• The vocal cords should be at rest. To ensure this condition, you need to talk as little as possible, the more it is forbidden to shout or sing. It is preferable to be silent, but since it is not always possible to comply with this condition, you need to speak in an ordinary voice, since whispering even more loads the vocal cords.
• Indoor air should have a humidity of about 50-55%. Failure to comply with this condition will contribute to drying out of the mucous membranes and worsening the course of the disease.
• The room in which the patient is located must be ventilated. However, too cold air can only aggravate the course of laryngitis, so you need to monitor its temperature in the room.

• Smoking is prohibited during illness. The smoke irritates the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, which leads to worsening of the symptoms of the disease. Therefore, a person should give up cigarettes at least until the moment of recovery. It is equally harmful to be a passive smoker.
• It is necessary to observe the drinking regime. As drinks, you can use warm milk with soda, mineral and ordinary water, juices, fruit drinks and compotes.
• Food should not irritate the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract. Therefore, hot, cold and spicy dishes are excluded from the menu.

During illness, a person must adhere to bed rest. Adults are advised to take sick leave. It is important to avoid not only hypothermia, but also overheating of the body.

Laryngitis treatment at home

If the disease has an uncomplicated course and the patient does not develop stenosis of the larynx, then the treatment can be carried out at home.

Difficulty breathing requires hospitalization. Patients with various complications of infection, for example, bronchial inflammation, also require special attention. In any case, before starting treatment, you need to consult a specialist.

1. Antiseptic throat treatment. First of all, you should take care of the antiseptic treatment of the throat. To do this, use special sprays and tablets for resorption, for example AntiAngin, Strepsils, "Sage tablets".
2. Caress your throat often. To increase the effectiveness of treatment, you can gargle the throat. For this, drugs such as Miramistin and Furacilin are used. In addition to pharmacy solutions, therapy can be supplemented with homemade products. A mixture of salt and soda well disinfects the surface of the oropharynx. A glass of water will require a teaspoon of each bulk substance. You can enhance the effect with iodine. It is added in the amount of 2 drops per glass of water.

3. Herbs for gargling. In the treatment of laryngitis, alcoholic tinctures of medicinal herbs are used. These can be purchased at the pharmacy. It is recommended to use a tincture of calendula, St. John's wort and sage. To do this, pour 2 tablespoons of herbal tincture with a glass of warm boiled water and rinse a sore throat with this composition.

   When laryngitis is of a non-infectious nature, you can use a decoction based on oak bark, chamomile, coltsfoot and burdock. To prepare it, take 20 g of grass, which is poured with 200 ml of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes. Then the solution is cooled, filtered and used as directed.

   The throat should be processed at least 4-6 times. When the disease has an acute course, rinse it 8-10 times a day. Treatment should continue for at least a week.

4. Pharmacy sprays. In addition, sprays and aerosols are available from the pharmacy.

   Sprays and aerosols that can be purchased at the pharmacy to treat laryngitis:

   • Lugol.
   • Ingalipt.
   • Tantum Verde.
   • Hexoral.
   • Camenton. Sage lozenges from Natur product

   Lugol is not allowed to be used for the treatment of children under 5 years old, as well as for people with iodine allergies.

5. Inhalation with laryngitis. Inhalations help relieve inflammation, envelop a sore throat and soften it. To cope with the disease as soon as possible, you can brew fennel, mint, dill and breathe them in vapors.

   • Dill seed inhalation. Two tablespoons of dill seeds are poured with 2 cups of boiling water and breathe in pairs until the water cools down.
   • Inhalation with honey. A tablespoon of honey and 2 teaspoons of propolis are poured with a liter of boiling water and the healing vapors are inhaled for 10 minutes.
   • Inhalation with garlic and herbs. A gruel of 2 cloves of garlic is mixed with 2 teaspoons of mint and eucalyptus, poured over with boiling water. Breathe in therapeutic vapors for at least 10 minutes.

   Inhalations are carried out 2 to 4 times a day for a week. Duration of the procedure 20 minutes

   After heat treatment of the throat, you need to refrain from eating for an hour. In addition to steam inhalations with laryngitis, inhalations can be carried out using a nebulizer. A saline solution mixed with such drugs as: ACC, Lazolvan, Ambrohexal, Ambrobene is poured into the device.

What should not be done with laryngitis?

To speed up the healing process, you need to observe the following prohibitions:

• Do not cough too much. The more often the patient strains his throat, the longer it will take to recover.
• It is forbidden to perform any thermal procedures against the background of increased body temperature.
• Do not use topical pain relievers too often. The same applies to preparations containing mint extract.
• If acute laryngitis becomes chronic, you should stop using iodine-based drugs.
• Do not use funds that can provoke an allergic reaction.

The patient must eat right and follow the daily routine. These simple recommendations will speed up your recovery.

Uncomplicated laryngitis can be managed at home. The sooner treatment is started, the faster the disease will recede.

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¹ Instructions for medical use of the medicinal product Sage tablets for resorption. RU. P No. 011411/01 dated 02.03.2009

THERE ARE CONTRAINDICATIONS. BEFORE USING IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSULT A SPECIALIST.

The author of the article: Lazarev Oleg Vladimirovich | ENT

Education: In 2009, he received a diploma in the specialty "General Medicine" at the Petrozavodsk State University. After completing an internship at the Murmansk Regional Clinical Hospital, he received a diploma in Otorhinolaryngology (2010)