Laryngitis – an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. The disease can occur independently, as a consequence of exposure to cold, prolonged stress of voice, irritation from smoking or alcohol. Laryngitis can also be associated with disease, influenza, measles and other infectious diseases. Inflammation of the larynx can capture all or some of its parts. Vocal cords with the disease thicken mucus accumulates, there is a strong hoarseness in his voice, and sometimes disappears.
Evidence Laryngitis
In acute laryngitis laryngeal mucosa is red, swell, capillaries come close to the surface of the larynx and may be blood, forming a mucosal blood dots. This happens when complications of influenza. In some cases, inflammation can capture and initial branches of the trachea (laringoraheit). The patient begins prolonged cough, phlegm stands.
Treatment Laryngitis
In case of laryngitis disease requires a complete silence. You can take hot mustard foot bath, hot compress and lozhit on the larynx.
In terms of food should be excluded from the diet of acute and fried foods, spices. Smoking and alcohol during this period is strictly prohibited. We recommend warm milk with soda or mineral water. A good effect is given to the inhalation of soda, warm gargling. In the case of diagnosing concomitant diseases physician assigned to drug treatment. If the sick child aged 1-6 years, the parents must be very careful. The infection can quickly go to the throat and larynx, and in such cases have false croup, a disease in which a small child’s throat may be blocked by swelling. In this case the delay is not recommended and immediately bring the child to the hospital.
Prophylaxis Laryngitis
One of the main factors preventing laryngitis is a hardening of the body and neck in particular. There should be gargling with warm water, gradually reducing it to 12-15 grams. Need to train yourself, and if there is, and the child to breathe just a nose. In winter, through the open mouth of the cold air goes directly into the throat and nose breathing when he warms not only passing through the nasal cavity, but also clean the outside dust and germs. Recommended plenty of warm drinks, tea with lemon, honey, broth hips.
Home Remedies Laryngitis
The most excellent way to prevent catarrhal diseases is sea water. The throat should gargle with warm lightly clean sea water. In the absence of the sea, you can use sea salt.
Decoction of anise seeds: sunflower seeds and half water, boil for 20 minutes, 1 hour, pour 150g. honey and 15 ml. brandy.
Infusion of herbs: a bag of grass and violets fill succession 200.0 boiling water for 2 hours, using inhalation.
Infusion of herbs: elder flowers, linden flowers, chamomile flowers to fill 250.0 boiling water, 1.5 hours, to use for inhalation.
Grass infusion mother and stepmother.