The new corona epidemic is raging and many people have been infected one after another. Symptoms include sore throat and fever. However, many people are puzzled why they have a sore throat, but there is only one line in the test. In this regard, the doctor warned that many diseases can cause sore throat reactions, including inflammation of the tonsils, but special care should be taken, if delayed too long, it can cause serious deep neck infections and can even lead to death.
Nutritionist Song Minghua and family doctor Chen Xinmei revealed in Health 2.0 “Mingxin Medical Chat” that a friend around her had a lot of sore throat, but the rapid test was negative. In addition to suggesting the other party to take another test, they also mentioned that many diseases in the past will experience sore throat symptoms. The mouth is the first line of defense for virus infection from contact with droplets. For block the virus, the throat will concentrate the white blood cells. Therefore, the throat is red, swollen, hot and sore. It is a defense mechanism to protect the body and is the body’s first defense mechanism. The battle lines have been open.
Take “tonsillitis” as an example, it belongs to bacterial infection and viral infection. Some people think the symptoms are common, so they don’t worry much about it, but in fact, there is a hidden super mine, which is “deep infection to the neck”. In the past, a young and middle-aged patient came to a doctor. He was still chewing betel nuts when he entered the clinic and reported having a sore throat. Unexpectedly, 2 to 4 hours after seeing the doctor, the patient was transferred to the ICU for intubation.
The doctor assumed that the patient initially had a suppurative state in his neck, but he always ignored it and was willing to see a doctor until he had a serious infection. He confirmed that it was a “deep neck infection” . , and had to deal with it immediately. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that suppuration or infection will quickly enter the mediastinal cavity along the neck fascia, the heart and lungs may be attacked, and in severe cases death may occur.
