What are the causes of pain in the throat of a baby?
Sore throats are usually caused by a viral infection, but they can also have a microbial origin. Pathogenic microorganisms enter the throat with food and during breathing. The main causes of the appearance of pain in the throat are: inflammation of the tonsils, paratansillar abscess and false groats.
Inflammation of the tonsils orangina is the most common cause of the sore throat in a child. Palatine mundials are part of the defense mechanism of the organism. Reacting to the infection, the tonsils grow and become inflamed and the number of leukocytes in the blood increases. Cervical lymph nodes are the second line of defense. Their task is to neutralize the infection that has arisen. Lymph nodes in this case are magnified and probed with fingertips.
There is an infection of the child in different ways. Symptoms - from a small perspiration in the throat, to the occurrence of a high temperature, with chills, sweating, vomiting, dizziness, islabosti. Symptoms last from 2 days to a week. Often angina is accompanied by rhinitis, coughing, stuffy nose. The kid loses his appetite. If the child is small, still can not speak, then he is capricious and refuses, because of pain, to eat.
In most cases, angina occurs in children 4-12 years of age. Children at this age often are with peers, so they often get sick. Gradually, immunity is strengthened. After 12 years, children are sick less often.
In some cases, with pain in the throat, abdominal pain may occur simultaneously. This during swallowing microbes enter the intestine, causing inflammation of the lymph nodes of the mesentery in the abdominal region. Sometimes, especially in school-age children, the pains become quite strong, which are similar to pain in appendicitis. A few days later, pains in the abdomen pass, and pains in the throat also pass.
Disease false croup also causes sore throat in children. Sometimes with pain in the throat with this disease, children are hoarse and noisy breathe. A false cereal is an inflammation of the trachea and larynx, which is present in young children. Inhalation and exhalation are hampered by the narrowing of the luminescent pathways.
This inflammation of the larynx usually occurs with a dry cough. The baby's voice becomes hoarse, the temperature of the body rises, usually the next day or every other day. The disease occurs in children 2-8 years. Mainly in children who suffer from lymphatic-hypoplastic or exudative-catarrhal diathesis.
The disease begins suddenly, mostly in the evening or at night. It would seem that the baby was healthy during the day, and suddenly suddenly wakes up with a strong cough and a hoarse voice. Breathing becomes difficult and the skin becomes pale. The baby does not have enough air, he stops moody and restless, and this further aggravates the condition. Such an attack can last several hours. Often, due to the means of first aid, which are available at home, such an attack occurs before the arrival of a doctor. Within a few days, such an attack can again happen.
A variety of croup, which accompanies ARI, more often parainfluenza, is a more severe form of the disease. Symptoms of acute respiratory illness appear. This is redness of the throat, sore throat, fever, cough. The voice gradually grows hoarse, and the cough - barking and painful. The laryngeal lumen is gradually closed due to the accumulation of sputum. The mucous membrane and podsizistyatkani swell - choking develops. If the baby does not provide timely and qualified assistance, then the situation may be dangerous for the child's life.
If you notice that the voice has become hoarse, and the cough is barking, breathing is difficult - call for help! If the specialist insists on hospitalization, then he will not oppose. A child with such a condition should be under the supervision of doctors, since his condition can deteriorate sharply - to become life-threatening.
Pain in the throat of a child can arise due to laryngitis. In this case, it is necessary to increase the humidity of the air in the room. It is recommended to hang wet towels in the room. A warm water vapor acts on the toddler with laryngitis. It is enough to open a faucet in the bathroom with warm water and close the door. As soon as the bathroom is filled with a steam, bring the baby there for a while. The child, breathing in warm couples, will feel lighter.
Other causes of sore throat in a child
Paratonzillar abscess causes the child to have pain in the throat. It is an inflammation and accumulation of purulent substance under the mucous membrane, near the palatine tonsils. The condition of the baby with this disease is quite heavy, because of severe pain in the throat, swallowing is impossible. The temperature of the body rises, saliva flows out of the mouth. In most cases paratorsillar abscess occurs in older children and adolescents. In this state, urgent medical attention is required - an abscess opening.
Also, the cause of sore throat is a scarlet fever. In addition to sore throat, the baby has a rash on the face of a bright red color. Children who suffer from mumps, the disease is carried out with mumps, can complain of pain in the throat. If the throat hurts, an anamorph, a cough, no pain in the ears, then the cause is an allergy. Pain in the throat last longer, combined with signs of an allergic disease.
If the child complains of sore throat, first examine the throat and measure the temperature. In any case, with any pain in the throat of the child, to clarify the diagnosis, contact the specialist. In some cases, the doctor can recommend the removal of tonsils. This operation is very rare when a child has an infectious disease up to 8-10 times a year. When the course of such diseases is very heavy, with complications. Such a question is solved with otolaryngologists individually in each case.