How to treat tonsillitis at home?
An easy way to relieve sore throat
To urgently relieve a sore throat, you can use a simple recipe: dilute 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water. It is necessary to rinse the throat with the resulting solution every 1-2 hours. Use half a glass of vinegar water to rinse and drink the other half. Read on for other effective home remedies for tonsillitis.
Content:
- Honey for tonsillitis
- An effective remedy from the pharmacy
- Nebulizer inhalation in the treatment of tonsillitis
Honey for tonsillitis
Honey has a unique composition, which is laid in it by nature itself. This product perfectly relieves inflammation, has antibacterial and analgesic effects. Taking honey internally helps to thin the viscous phlegm and its easy discharge.
For the treatment of tonsillitis, honey is used as an adjuvant. You can use different types of honey: sage, lime, clover, acacia, sweet clover.
Taking honey allows you to increase the blood supply in the smallest vessels (capillaries), and also helps to accelerate metabolism and eliminate toxins from the body.
After ingestion, honey envelops a sore throat, softens the inflamed mucous membrane, and reduces the severity of irritation. Honey can be added to warm teas, as well as other drinks based on it. It is good to gargle a sore throat with a solution of water and honey.
The following recipes will speed up your recovery from tonsillitis:
- Melt 20 g of honey and butter, add a pinch of baking soda to them and continue heating until foam forms. Then the honey-oil mixture is cooled and put into the refrigerator. You need to take such a natural medicine several times a day, before using it, you should slightly warm it up.
- A teaspoon of aloe juice should be mixed with 5 g of dark honey. Take the drug in small doses, 3 times a day before meals.
- Boil and cool plain water to 40 ° C, add a tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar 6%. The resulting solution should be gargled every 2-3 hours after the next meal.
- Dissolve 3 tablespoons of honey in a glass of warm water. This solution is gargled every 4-5 hours.
For a long time, people have been using a mixture of milk and honey to treat tonsillitis. This drink not only relieves inflammation and sore throat, but also perfectly calms the nervous system. You can also add a little butter to milk to enhance the pain relieving effect.
Honey is not used to treat children under 1 year of age. Before using it, you must make sure that there is no allergy.
An effective remedy from the pharmacy
The OCI gargle will effectively relieve pain and sore throat. This is a drug with the main active ingredient called ketoprofen. It belongs to the group of NSAIDs, therefore, it allows not only to reduce pain, but also to relieve inflammation. This is possible due to the inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase, which helps to reduce infiltrative processes in the oropharynx.
OCI does not have antimicrobial or antiviral effects. The remedy simply relieves discomfort, alleviating the patient's condition. It can be used concurrently with other topical or systemic drugs.
Gargling with tonsillitis allows you to almost instantly remove severe pain. The effect can last up to 12 hours.
The drug is available in liquid form. Before you start gargling a sore throat, the product must be diluted with water. The liquid must be warm, as hot water will reduce the effectiveness of ketoprofen. In addition, hot water can burn the oral mucosa.
The drug is supplied in a bottle. For one click on the dispenser, 2 ml of the drug is dispensed. To prepare a solution for gargling, you will need 10 ml of OCI. Therefore, the dispenser must be pressed 5 times. This volume is diluted in 100 ml of warm water. For convenience, the manufacturer has supplemented the spray bottle with a measuring cup. After thorough mixing, you can start rinsing.
You need to gargle your throat 2 times a day, not more often. The throat is treated with the agent for 40 seconds, after which it is spit out. Do not swallow the solution.
OCI for gargling should not be used if there are the following contraindications:
- Blood clotting disorder.
- Ulcers of the stomach and duodenum.
- Bronchial asthma.
- Chronic kidney disease.
- Will's disease.
- Age under 6.
- Pregnancy and lactation.
Possible side effects: laryngeal edema, bronchospasm, allergies, hoarseness. Gargle carefully so as not to swallow the liquid. Otherwise, there is a risk of stomach ulcers.
If a child gargles the throat, then the dose should be reduced to 6 ml. This volume of the drug is also diluted in 100 ml of warm water. The child should gargle in the presence of an adult.
OCI should not be used to numb the throat for more than 3 days, so as not to provoke the development of side effects.
Nebulizer inhalation in the treatment of tonsillitis
Inhalation with a nebulizer during tonsillitis can provide a complex therapeutic effect.
The benefits of inhalation:
- Reducing the duration of the course of the disease, reducing the severity of symptoms.
- Shortening the course of taking antibacterial drugs, the possibility of reducing the dosage of some drugs.
- Reducing the risk of developing complications of the disease.
- Breathing closure.
- Dilution of mucus, its speedy excretion from the nasopharynx.
- Removal of edema from the mucous membrane of the throat.
Inhalation must be carried out correctly, otherwise it will not be possible to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.
In this regard, experts give the following recommendations:
- Adults should inhale therapeutic vapors for no more than 10 minutes. For children, the optimal duration of the procedure is 5 minutes.
- The average number of sessions per day can vary from 2 to 6. It all depends on the severity of the disease, as well as on the individual characteristics of the human body.
- Do not eat or drink an hour before inhalation. You will need to rinse your throat first.
- Before performing the procedure, you should not burden the body with physical activities.
- During inhalations, which are aimed at treating tonsillitis, it is necessary to breathe through the mouth.
- Do not use too cold or too hot solution for the procedure. It should be at room temperature.
- Children should use the inhaler only in the presence of an adult, under his constant supervision. If we are talking about an infant, then inhalations are carried out only when an urgent need arises.
Not all drugs are suitable for use as inhalation solutions. Only liquid preparations can be poured into the nebulizer, which must be diluted with saline. As for the exact dosage, the doctor must give specific recommendations on this matter. The most common proportion is 1: 1 when the drug is diluted in equal amounts with saline.
For inhalation, you can use the following means:
- Miramistin, which is effective for the treatment of tonsillitis and other respiratory diseases.
- Furacilin in solution helps to destroy pathogenic microorganisms, accelerates recovery.
- Tonsilgon N. The drug has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, it can be used to treat all types of tonsillitis.
- Chlorophyllipt in alcohol solution. This drug allows you to quickly relieve swelling and reduce the severity of pain. It is good for treating acute tonsillitis. An alcoholic tincture of calendula and eucalyptus has a similar effect.
- Cromohexal. This drug can be used to treat patients of different ages, both children and adults.
- Mineral water "Narzan" and "Essentuki". In combination with saline, alkaline mineral waters can quickly eliminate swelling from the tonsils, relieve pain. Moreover, such formulations have practically no contraindications for use.
Sometimes solutions for inhalation are supplemented with drugs that have a mucolytic effect. It can be Lazolvan or Fluimucil. Their use makes it possible to facilitate the passage of sputum and remove it from the respiratory tract. However, first you need to consult a doctor.
Like any other procedure, inhalation with a nebulizer has a number of contraindications, including:
- High likelihood of bronchospasm;
- Allergy to solutions that are used for inhalation;
- Diseases of the heart and blood vessels, the presence of cancerous tumors;
- Pregnancy and sometimes breastfeeding.
Tonsillitis is a disease that can be dealt with at home. However, a doctor's consultation before using this or that remedy is necessary.
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)
