Symptoms of angina

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Pharyngitis is an acute inflammation in the pharyngeal region, which is a special type of pharyngitis. Pharyngeal isthmus is a ring structure in the vertical plane of pharynx. The upper part is the free edge of uvula and bilateral soft palate, the lower part is the root of tongue, and the left and right sides are palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch. These four sides constitute a narrow ring, which is called pharyngeal isthmus. Angina can be caused by bacteria, viruses and other bacteria, manifested as sore throat, dry throat, foreign body sensation, herpes, ulcers, and other symptoms similar to acute tonsillitis. Intermediate symptoms of viral angina? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of angina

The disease has an epidemic trend and is common in infants. Its clinical features are sudden high fever with sore throat, headache, anorexia, and pain in neck, abdomen and limbs. Vomiting and convulsion often occur in infants. Within 2 days of onset, a few (rarely more than 12) small (1-2mm in diameter) grayish white herpes appear in oral mucosa, surrounded by red halo. It is more common in the front of tonsil, but it can also be located in the soft palate, Tonsil, uvula, tongue, etc., in the next 24 hours, blisters break into shallow ulcers, the diameter is generally less than 5 mm, healing within 1-5 days, rare complications: symptoms generally disappear within 7 days, can produce lasting immunity after infection, but other types of viruses or other enteroviruses in group A may also cause re attack.

Acute lymphocytic angina is a variant herpangina caused by coxsackievirus type a10. It has the same damage as typical angina, but does not progress to blisters and ulcers. Only gray white papules formed by lymphocyte infiltration are left, surrounded by a red halo.

Herpangina is more common in children aged 3-10 years old, and occurs in summer and autumn. In the same patient, it can occur many times, each time caused by different types of virus. The incubation period was 3-10 days. Most of them begin with sudden high fever, reaching the peak in 24-48 hours, rising to 39-41 ℃, accompanied by headache, pharyngeal discomfort, myalgia, etc. infants often have vomiting, refeeding, and even febrile convulsions. However, most of them were mild cases with self limitation, and they were easy to turn around in 1-2 weeks.

matters needing attention

Stay in bed, avoid tiredness, keep warm, keep in a good mood, drink more water, eat soft food, prohibit smoking and drinking, prohibit spicy diet, keep bowel movement unobstructed.