Find out what causes sore throats and simple, fast and effective HOME remedies to cure your sore throat. Sore throats can last anything between 1-2 weeks to fully settle. In this video, we’ll talk about some common causes and importantly at the end, I’ll tell you as a doctor what are the key things to watch out for.

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As a Family doctor/GP one of the bread and butter conditions we see is sore throats. I often get asked how to get rid of a sore throat? What are some good home remedies for a sore throat? How to treat a sore throat quickly? In this video, I try and simplify the main things to look out for with the presentation of sore throats for students and clinicians. I also present some simple treatments that can be used to help get rid of a sore throat.

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Sore throat (pharyngitis) is super common. It is usually caused by an infection in the throat (Viral or Bacterial). Soreness in the throat may be the only symptom. In addition, you may also have:

⦿ Tiredness.
⦿ Swollen glands in your neck.
⦿ Pain when you swallow.
⦿ A hoarse voice.
⦿ A mild cough.
⦿ A high temperature (fever).
⦿ A headache.
⦿ A feeling of wanting to be sick (nausea).

We will then look at how to treat a sore throat yourself:
To help soothe a sore throat and shorten the severity of the symptoms, you can:

1) Gargle with warm, salty water (half a tea spoon of salt) (children should not try this) – one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to try this home treatment. Anybody can prepare this as we demonstrate in the video how to do it.

2) Drink plenty of water – when we have an infection our body will be fighting it and this can send the body in to overdrive. The key is to keep it hydrated and avoid dehydration as this can make us feel unwell.

3) Eat cool or soft foods – Helps create a soothing effect on the throat.

4) Warm drinks like tea and soup may also help (Avoid Hot Drinks) – Again as above, generally cooler foods are preferred but if you don’t like bananas or yogurts then a warm glass of tea or soup can do the trick.

5) Avoid smoking or smoky places – these can irritate the throat further and make your symptoms worse.

6) Suck ice cubes, ice lollies or hard sweets – but do not give young children anything small and hard to suck because of the risk of choking.

7) Rest – Helps the body fight the infection.

Consider seeing a GP/Family Doctor if:
⦿ The sore throat does not improve after a week
⦿ Often get sore throats
⦿ Worried about your sore throat – it is severe/ or you feel unwell
⦿ Have a sore throat and a very high temperature, or you feel hot and shivery
you have a weakened immune system – for example, because of diabetes or chemotherapy
A severe or long-lasting sore throat could be something like strep throat (a bacterial throat infection).

0:00 – Intro
0:37 – Viral causes of sore throat
0:44 – Covid symptoms and sore throat
1:45 – Bacterial causes for sore throat – Strep throat/tonsillitis
2:12 – Allergies and irritants causing a sore throat
2:34 – Acid Reflux may cause sore throat
3:07 – Worrying causes of a sore throat – cancer
3:53 – Home Remedies for sore throat – How to prepare warm water and salt to gargle
5:25 – Things to avoid if you have a sore throat
6:58 – When do you need to speak to the doctor regarding sore throat?
7:58 – Emergency causes for sore throat and what you should do.

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DISCLAIMER: This video and content on this channel are not for personal medical advice. These are for educational use only. Always consult your own doctor or other healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

Useful links:
https://patient.info/ears-nose-throat-mouth/sore-throat-2
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sore-throat/

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Pain in the throat is a very common symptom and sometimes it is associated with additional ear ache as well. Throat pain can be caused by a simple pharyngitis , that is infection of the throat caused by the tonsillitis which is very common in young children between age 2 and 5 and also because of small ulcers that form because of vitamin ands iron deficiency and also because of extreme stress. It can also be caused by lesions such as tumors. The most common is tonsillitis and pharyngitis and they can be associated with ear ache. The reason for ear ache is that the nerves that supply the throat also have supply to the era and there is a certain amount of impulses form the area of the throat and pain sensation to the ear due to pathology in the ear. The refereed pain that can be due to short circuits that can happen due to electric currents and devices that are going up. They are not the cause, there are ear aches and such earaches do not respond to the local treatment and we treat it from the cause upwards. So that is causing the earache has to be treated, after which the ear ache spontaneously comes down. So it is important to identify the causative factors and treat the same accordingly.
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Dry throat is a symptom with which patients can present for a mistaken meaning other symptoms, they will not be able to tell us what exactly their feeling and hence the cell is a dry throat. When somebody says their throat is dry means they become thirsty, they want to drink water to get some relief. Patients say that they have dry throat but they can actually be having an infection in the throat like pharyngitis, it’ll be sore. Some patients will have reflux disease which will be causing some soreness in the throat. Our throats lubricated by secretions, these are produced either in the nose in the form of mucus which can Trickle down constantly from the nose and sinuses into the stomach, which happens in every normal human being to the extent of between 1 to 1.5 litres per day and similar amount of saliva which is produce in the oral cavity from the salivary gland, which we tend to swallow when we speak or eat. So that both these Fluids tend to lubricate mouth, tongue, the back portion of throat and the throat in the hole. Now whenever there is a discrepancy or some sort of arrangement in production of the Fluids or the drying up off the fluids then you can have a dry throat. Supposing you have a nasal obstructions, you have a cold or your nose get blocked very frequently, then without your knowledge you’ll be actually breathing through the mouth. Now when dry air goes through the mouth it tends to dry of saliva more quickly than nasal secretions which causes dry throat. So dry throat means an indirect evidence of nasal obstruction, you might be having dry throat in the night mean that you are you might be a snower, you might be an obligatory mouth breather and will be snoring and hence you can have dry throat. You can also have dry throat especially in the elderly people who are on multiple medications, many of the medications have Side Effects, drugs which are like amitriptyline which is a tricyclic antidepressant or people who are hypertensive can have dry throat. Very rarely you pick up personally diabetic patient because the present with dry throat and say my throat gets very dry and I need to drink water very frequently and I also pass urine very frequently, this can be a very unusual presentation but they can be picked up.

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