Rhinopharyngitis is a disease that affects both adults and children. And if the former tolerate it quite calmly, only sometimes complaining of a sore throat, tickle and runny nose, then the latter suffer from it much harder. The thing is that the anatomical structure of ENT organs in young patients is imperfect, and the disease spreads very quickly across the entire surface of the mucous membranes.
Treatment of
rhinopharyngitis in children is always a little difficult because of their inability to respond in time to the pathological process. If an adult immediately feels pain or malaise and takes measures, then the child, especially a small one, just starts to act up, and parents assess this as ordinary pampering. However, there are some signs that you should immediately pay attention to. In addition to general malaise, a child may complain of a
sore throat, and after that there is always a cough, mostly dry. In general, this symptom raises the most questions in parents, because its type changes all the time. If you observe, it can be noted that in the morning, at night or after sleep it is productive (wet), and dry during the day. Moreover, sputum may not be expectorated, it is just that the child swallows it, because it is excreted in a small amount.
Rhinopharyngitis: symptoms, treatment in children
The first symptoms include discomfort in the nose (itching, sneezing) and in the throat (sore, dry). The temperature can rise, but usually it does not exceed 38 degrees. Various coughs, runny nose, decreased smell, and shortness of breath appear on the 2nd-3rd day. Sometimes acute rhinopharyngitis occurs, which is characterized by a sharp increase in temperature to 39 degrees with the addition of all the symptoms listed above.
Treatment of rhinopharyngitis in children is primarily aimed at facilitating breathing. Many parents claim that the child has no signs of nasal congestion or snot, but in fact they are. There is such a thing as “posterior rhinitis”, which is often equivalent to rhinopharyngitis. In this case, the mucus is separated from the far located sinuses and down the walls of the nasopharynx, causing a cough. That is why a productive reflex is observed in the morning - this is the secret accumulated overnight that the child tries to get rid of.
The treatment of rhinopharyngitis in children is usually symptomatic, i.e., aimed at eliminating the signs of the disease. Due to the fact that the pathological process is often caused by a viral infection, antibacterial therapy is not provided. In some cases, the disease is complicated, and then antibiotics are required, but only after a medical examination. The main task of parents is to frequently wash their nose with saline solutions, treat the throat mucosa and arrange for their child to take expectorant preparations based on plants. If the pediatrician listens to wheezing, which is possible if an infection or mucus drains directly into the lungs, then mucolytic drugs are given to thin the secret.
Acute rhinopharyngitis in children, the treatment of which takes place according to a slightly different scheme, requires the appointment of antibiotics from the first day of the disease or contacting specialists. The remaining methods of therapy are preserved. Traditional medicine is also welcomed, which gives a good effect in combination with the drugs prescribed by the pediatrician.
There are no specific means of preventing this ailment, as a rule, they are identical to those used for ordinary colds. Treatment of rhinopharyngitis in children sometimes lasts several months (when the pathology becomes chronic), so try to avoid hypothermia of the child and exclude contact with sick people.