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If your throat hurts and swallowing becomes a pain, it is often due to angina. There are remedies that can alleviate the symptoms and make the course of the infection more pleasant. Find out what helps with angina here.
How angina manifests itself
An angina primarily manifests itself with severe pain in the upper side of the throat. The pain occurs mainly when swallowing or opening the mouth, which can also lead to other unpleasant side effects:
This helps with angina
Depending on whether it is streptococcal angina or tonsillitis, different remedies are particularly effective. Although these remedies cannot fight angina, they can alleviate the symptoms:
- Place either warm or cold throat compresses around your neck, depending on your preference.
- Rinse or gargle with sage tea several times a day. Caution: in the case of purulent tonsillitis, the bacteria can enter the bloodstream!
- As with any illness, drink plenty of fluids! This keeps the mucous membranes moist and flushes out the pathogens. Warm ginger or sage tea is best.
- Suck sugar-free sweets every now and then to stimulate salivation.
- For fever, you can take anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen, paracetamol or aspirin.
- To prevent the mucous membranes from drying out, you can do a steam inhalation.
- If you discover pus on the tonsils, you should consult a doctor. Streptococcal angina is usually treated with antibiotics.
