What Is Viral Laryngitis?

Viral laryngitis is an acute respiratory infection caused by a virus. Viral laryngitis is mostly caused by influenza virus, parainfluenza virus and adenovirus. The clinical features are hoarseness, difficulty speaking, cough is pain, often fever, pharyngitis or cough. Physical examination shows laryngeal edema, congestion, and mild local lymph nodes. Swelling and tenderness, wheezing can be heard, and symptomatic treatment and necessary antiviral treatment can be given.

Viral laryngitis

Causes of viral laryngitis

Viral pharyngitis is an acute infection of the throat caused by a virus. Herpes often occurs in the pharynx, oral mucosa and surrounding skin, and can also occur in the cornea and external genitalia.

Acute viral laryngitis is mostly caused by rhinovirus, influenza virus A, parainfluenza virus and adenovirus. The initial stage is mucosal vascular congestion, polymorphonuclear leukocytes infiltration, and exudates in the tissue accumulate into edema. In the later stage, as inflammation continues to develop, exudate can become purulent secretions or form pseudo-membrane. The epithelium is damaged and shed, and ulcers can also form.

Symptoms of viral laryngitis

The early symptoms of viral laryngitis are clinically characterized by hoarseness, difficulty speaking, and pain when coughing, often with fever, pharyngitis, or cough. Physical examination shows edema and congestion in the throat, mild swelling and tenderness of local lymph nodes, and wheezing.

Examination of viral laryngitis

Indirect laryngoscopy showed chronic congestion and swelling of the mucous membrane of the larynx, and the vocal cords were also red. Sometimes the subvocal bleeds were visible. The edges of the vocal cords are swollen and thickened, and the ends are narrow and fusiform. They cannot be closed tightly when vocalizing, and the surface is often accompanied by thick secretions. The ventricular zone and the epicondylotic epicondylosis were also markedly congested and swollen.

Identification of viral laryngitis

The diagnosis of viral laryngitis is not difficult. However, attention must be paid to identify specific infections such as syphilis and tuberculosis.

Complications of viral laryngitis

Acute viral laryngitis is accompanied by chills, fever, and burning pain in the throat.

Treatment of viral laryngitis

Precautions before treatment of viral laryngitis

Have a regular life, a diet, a regular life, get up early at night, avoid cold. Avoid convection during sleep.

Usually strengthen outdoor activities, enhance physical fitness, improve disease resistance.

Pay attention to climate change, change clothes in time, and avoid cold and heat.

During a cold epidemic, go out as little as possible to prevent transmission.

Viral laryngitis Viral laryngitis Chinese medicine treatment

Chinese medicine treatment:

(1) Clear heat, forsythia, honeysuckle, light bamboo leaf, wood, grass, Sichuan bean root, isatis root.

(2) Anemarrhena angustifolia, Phellodendron amurense, Coptis chinensis.

(3) Yangyintiandong, Ophiopogon japonicus, mature land, Yuanshen, white ginseng, Trichosanthin.

Viral laryngitis western medicine treatment method

(1) Systemic treatment: if the condition is severe, those with obvious systemic symptoms should take appropriate rest and give antibiotics and hormone therapy

To prevent secondary infection and shorten the course of the disease, you can take oxytetracycline, medicillin or intramuscular penicillin, gentamicin, etc. For severe systemic symptoms, often intravenous antibiotics plus a certain amount of hormones such as penicillin 8 million U + gentamicin 240,000 U + dexamethasone 5mg intravenous infusion, or vanguard mycin V6-8g + amikacin 0.4+ dexamethasone 5mg intravenous infusion is effective and generally has no complications. Children's medication should be reduced.

(2) Local treatment: Ultrashort wave physiotherapy has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Nebulization inhalation: antibiotic solution plus hormone solution (or add a little adrenaline, 1% ephedrine).

Nursing of viral laryngitis

Patients should ban alcohol, refrain from eating irritating foods, and talk less to reduce inflammation.

Maintain oral hygiene and develop the habit of brushing and rinsing your mouth in the morning, after meals, and before bedtime.

Dietary care for viral laryngitis

Acute laryngitis diet:

1, radish sugar ginger drink. Ingredients: appropriate amount of raw radish, ginger juice, sugar. Method and serving method: mash the radish to obtain juice, mix with ginger juice and sugar, and frequently take it after decoction.

2. Loofah drink. Ingredients: the right amount of raw loofah, the right amount of rock sugar. Practice and method: Take 1 small cup of loofah juice, boil and add rock sugar to serve, and drink it frequently.

3, Yidong honey drink. Ingredients: Phoenix clothing (soft film inside eggs), Asparagus, 1 tablespoon of honey. Method and method: Put the above materials in the same bowl and add an appropriate amount of water. After boiling, simmer and filter the inner membrane to drink juice.

4, olive rock candy drink. Ingredients: Raw olives, rock sugar. Method and serving method: break the olives, add the right amount of water, fry the rock sugar, and take the juice 3 times.

5. Tea and Lavender Honey Drink. Ingredients: olive, fat sea, honey, green tea amount. Method and serving method: first put the olives in an appropriate amount of water for boiling for a while, then brew green tea, fat sea, cover for a while, add honey and mix thoroughly, drink slowly.

Add more vitamin C, avoid seafood, leek, pepper and other irritants and inducers.

Drink more water and eat more fresh vegetables and nutrient-rich and digestible foods to strengthen your body's resistance.

Eat more pears, raw radishes, plums and other fruits and dried fruits appropriately to enhance the maintenance of the throat.