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Chronic pharyngitis has various forms depending on the factors causing the disease. These include: infections resulting from repeated acute inflammations of the throat, tonsils, nose, paranasal sinuses, as well as the irritating effects of tobacco smoke, dust, alcohol, hot food, etc.
Chronic pharyngitis is more common in people who are congenital and more susceptible to damage to the pharyngeal mucosa.
Symptoms. There is a reddening of the pharyngeal mucosa, becoming dry and shiny, sometimes covered with drying discharge in the form of scabs visible behind the uvula. Patients with chronic pharyngitis, especially in the atrophic form with drying out, experience a sore throat of variable intensity, have the impression of an obstacle in the throat, complain of scratching and burning.
These symptoms diminish or even disappear with meals, especially drinking. A characteristic feature of this disease is the disproportion between the subjective symptoms – the patient’s complaints – and the objective ones, and the complaints are usually greater than the changes indicated by the examining physician.
Home treatment is complemented by specialist; it consists in a systematic striving to keep the throat mucosa in the appropriate humidity. This can be accomplished by gargling with over-the-counter physiological solutions. Try Otulin NaturSpray Throat Herbal Medica.
In troublesome atrophic rhinitis, with severe drying out, it is a great relief to rinse the throat through the nose with physiological solutions or to spray them in the form of a nasal spray.
For a sore throat, we also recommend natural Mirra lozenges and propolis for the throat without sugar Herbal Monasterium, which you can buy at a promotional price at Medonet Market.
At the beginning of the disease, it is necessary to conduct general and additional examinations: urine tests, blood counts and blood glucose levels.