Recently, many people have experienced the invasion of the new coronavirus Omickron . Many friends around them cried that it was too painful to get infected with the new coronavirus, burning them to get bones all over the body, swallowing saliva like swallowing blades, and not even wanting to drink water. Friends infected with the new coronavirus across the country also said that they have the same profound personal experience, why are the throat symptoms so serious? What methods can be used to relieve the discomfort of sore throat? Let's hear what the doctor said.
What is the reason for the new crown to cause sore throat ?
The currently popular new coronavirus Omickron strain mainly attacks the mucosa and tracheal mucosa of the pharyngeal. When virus invades the human body, it first enters the respiratory tract to cause inflammatory edema of the pharyngeal mucosa. On the one hand, the virus causes the pharyngeal interleukin-mediated immune response to increase vascular permeability, and the cellular components and tissue fluid seeps out, which then causes tissue edema, and continuously compresses the nerve endings, causing severe pain in the pharyngeal.
On the other hand, the virus will prompt the immune system to release a variety of inflammatory mediators. These chemical stimuli can also stimulate the nerve endings to aggravate the pain. Because the local immune response caused by the new coronavirus is very strong, many infected people have the symptoms of sore throat.
What foods and medicines can quickly relieve symptoms?
In the face of virus-induced inflammation, we cannot use antibacterial drugs to treat the root cause once and for all, so we can only find ways to relieve the symptoms through food and drug therapy.
1) Food Therapy:
After infection with the new crown, patients will have a poor appetite. It is recommended to eat foods that are easy to digest and less irritating, such as white porridge, millet porridge and other cereal soups, clear soup noodles , lean meat porridge and other soft watered foods with high nutritional value, avoid eating irritating ingredients such as onion, ginger, garlic, and chili, as it will aggravate the sore throat.
It is recommended to eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C and high in moisture. For example, tomatoes are rich in vitamin P, which is a special flavonoid glycoside C27H30O16, which can anti-inflammatory anti-allergic and anti-viral, and can also enhance the antioxidant effect of vitamin C. Oranges and kiwi fruits are also very high in vitamin C, and canned yellow peaches, pears and cucumbers are very well hydrated.
Drinking more warm water is the easiest and most effective way to relieve throat pain. It can dilute sputum and promote the recovery of the throat mucosa. Gargling your mouth with salt water can also improve sore throat, and hypertonic saline can make the pharynx form an alkaline environment that is not conducive to the survival of the virus and accelerate recovery. Mint contains Menthol , which can stimulate the trachea to produce new secretion fluid and promote the discharge of viscous mucus. Therefore, eating some mint can also relieve symptoms such as throat pain and phlegm.
2) Drug therapy:
If the symptoms are serious and unbearable, you can take some milder cough, phlegm and pain relief drugs to treat them symptomatically.
For example, Chinese patent medicines such as watermelon cream lozenges, Qingye Drops , yeast Lishuang, Xidii Iodine Lozenges, etc. to relieve the symptoms of sore throat. If the cough is severe, you can take Feilikang Capsules , Qianli Loquat Dew, Licorice Tablets, etc. The sputum is viscous and does not easily cough up and causes throat discomfort. You can choose ambroxol oral liquid, acetylcysteine effervescent tablets and other phlegm-reducing drugs.
In more severe cases, you can take ibuprofen , loxoprofen and other antipyretic and analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. If there is ulcer in the throat, you can consider using Shuangjie Hufeng San for symptomatic treatment.
Finally, remind everyone that after infection with the new coronavirus, the symptoms will generally be gradually relieved for 5-7 days. Don’t panic too much, rest more, drink more water, exercise appropriately, eat more nutritious fruits and vegetables, and eat a light diet. If you have discomfort and cannot tolerate it, you can choose to take the right medicine for treatment.
Warm reminder that friends who are not yet "yang" should continue to take personal protection and try to avoid "premature sun". This can avoid peak infections across the country, and the later stage of the virus is likely to reduce toxicity, severe throat pain and other serious symptoms may occur less.
