What methods and means are useless and even dangerous in the treatment of colds

Harmful grandmother’s methods for angina

Another common pathology that some strive to treat with grandmother’s means is angina. A rather severe, contagious infectious disease transmitted by airborne droplets. Symptoms:

• high temperature (38-39 degrees);

• severe redness;

• inflammation and sore throat (even swallowing saliva hurts);

• severe chills, sweat, pronounced intoxication of the body.

With a sore throat, serious, often irreversible changes occur in the tonsils – the amygdala changes shape, becomes lobulated, so the likelihood that the sore throat will recur is quite high. Treat angina with antibiotics, since the nature of the disease is bacterial (it is usually caused by hemolytic streptococci of group A or B, less often staphylococci). In no case should the course of treatment be interrupted, since angina often gives complications to the heart and kidneys. After a while, the patient will not even understand that the cause of his sore was a “harmless” sore throat, untreated in time.

The disease is surrounded by a number of stereotypes. Allegedly, with pathology, tea with raspberry jam, as well as a woolen scarf can help … In fact, all this can do harm. Using a scarf will increase the flow of blood to your sore throat and thereby increase the swelling. With angina, on the contrary, antihistamines are prescribed, since they have a decongestant effect. Also, inhalation should not be done – it is fraught with the above-mentioned effect.

Sweet raspberry jam can become a breeding ground for microbes. It is no coincidence that a throat swab is often placed in a test tube with a special sweet syrup for analysis. The behavior of microbes in a sweet environment will allow you to identify the causative agent of angina and choose the most effective therapy. Dangerous methods of treatment include cranberry juice, salty, sour, spicy, citrus fruits. All of the above can irritate the throat. This also includes tea with lemon and hot alcohol – it will not help, but rather aggravate the situation.

Some patients try to remove plaque from the tonsils at home. firstly, it will not work, and secondly, you most likely will not achieve the sterility of the instrument (spoon) at home. Gargling with soda solutions with a drop of iodine will be more effective in this case, but, of course, it is impossible to cure a sore throat with their help alone. So, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible.

–