Pain related to Chronic Pharyngitis

Chronic pharyngitis disease is rarely found. This happens due to chronic infection that occurs in the sinuses, adenoid or tonsil. Indeed, sometimes there is no evidence that shows infection apart from lymphoid tissue hypertrophy that occurs in the posterior pharyngeal wall and the base of the tongue. The second type is common in children is the tonsils to be removed, and some children also suffered an infection of the tonsils problem.

Causes of Chronic Pharyngitis include:

• Rhinitis or sinusitis problems.
• Abnormalities that occur in the nasopharynx or nasal abnormalities.
• Dental disorders such as caries and chronic tonsillitis.
• Lung disorders such as chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis.
• Spicy foods, alcohol or choking on food.
• Nephritis, uremia and immune deficiencies.
• The air is dusty and stimulate these issues like cigarette smoke industrial area.

In adults, chronic pharyngitis happens usually because they live in the environment that is a lot of dust, use excessive noise that forces the vocal cords to work harder, and also suffered from chronic cough as well as alcohol consumption and smoking habits.

Symptoms of chronic pharyngitis :

• Irritation occurs and tightness felt in the throat.
• Mucus gathered in the throat and expelled through coughing.
• It's hard to swallow.

Symptoms are usually seen or felt :

• Itching happens in the throat.
• Cough irritated.
• There phlegm when coughing.
• Hoarseness.

How to overcome the problem of chronic pharyngitis can be done disappearances symptoms, and exposure to irritants, and make improvements upper respiratory, pulmonary or cardiac conditions that may be responsible for the presence of chronic cough.

Actions that can be done to relieve pain or treat pain in chronic pharyngitis:

• Review the level of pain.
• Teach relaxation techniques.
• Assess vital signs; blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration.
• Collaboration in providing analgesic.

Rationalization:

• To be precise in selecting measures to overcome the pain.
• Promote relaxation and reduce pain.
• To determine the general condition, is there an increase in body temperature.
• To reduce the pain.