When speaking in hoarseness and burning in the throat, which forces you to grunt and cough - it is probably laryngitis. The disease affects both children and adults, but depending on the age of others are its symptoms and slightly different course.
The most important thing is to eliminate the causes and symptoms of laryngitis
In adults, the accelerating treatment method is to keep silence for several days. Even whispering should be avoided. Absolutely during the disease period one should refrain from drinking cold drinks, ice-cream, smoking, drinking alcohol and eating hot and sharp foods.
Treatment of inflammation caused by inflammatory viral infection in adults and older children
When the cause of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx is inflammatory virus infection (cold, flu, etc.) and the symptom of infection is increased secretion of mucus and the retention of thick secretions in the trachea - the treatment involves the use of drugs that dilute the secretion (mukolityczynch), take more fluids, and taking care of sufficient humidification of rooms during the heating period.
When is hospitalization recommended?
Only with very severe dyspnoea, which may happen in older children, hospitalization is indicated. Otherwise, symptoms usually pass without a trace.
Treatment of acute laryngitis in children
The cause of symptoms in children may be both epiglottitis (part of the larynx), as well as the so-called subglottic laryngitis, or epiglottis and tracheitis. Depending on the severity of the symptoms (and usually the age of the child), we call an ambulance or treat the child at home. We have discussed the medical treatment in detail above.
When the first acute attack of laryngitis occurred in a small child
We prevent the next attack by constantly humidifying the air in the house during the heating season - placing special containers with water at the radiators, or buying air humidifiers. We do not allow you to smoke cigarettes around your child. We remove irritating and sensitizing substances, especially from the room in which the child sleeps. If the attacks are repeated and are violent, the doctor may prescribe the child a steroid drug - for example in aerosol, which immediately reduces the swelling of the larynx. Older children and adults use expectorants
Natural (home) treatment of children and adults
At the neck should be applied wraps drying without a coat, with water at room temperature, changed several times a day. Gargle and inhalation are not necessary.
Treatment of chronic laryngitis
The treatment of chronic laryngitis is long-lasting and tedious and involves primarily the removal of harmful factors favoring the disease. A specialist doctor (ENT specialist) uses lash mucosal brush with weak solutions of silver nitrate (traditional treatment), inhalations and recommends climatic treatment next to the administration of expectorants. You can use mineral water half and half with warm milk
