Introduction
So here’s a fact up to 9 out of 10 sore throat infections cannot be treated of antibiotics. I’m going to teach you how to get rid of a sore throat at home so hit that like button if you fired up about this and let’s go so here in the UK we get approximately 1.2 million appointments every year.
For a sore throat so it’s extremely common good news is sore throats generally get better on their own within a week but there are many tips and tricks that you can do that are going to help and I’m going to teach you exactly that let’s begin with tip number one you’re going to try a some tips.
1: Saltwater Gargle
salt water gargle okay 99 of the times this is the first thing I recommend most of my patients it’s extremely effective. It’s inexpensive everyone has the ingredients to make at home and it’s really easy to do it reduces the pain it reduces the inflammation so it’s a win-win here’s how you make it Kettle water boil one teaspoon of salt. Add Water mix and your saline solution is now ready okay so now it’s time for the fun bit once you’ve got your saltwater gargle solution ready you’re gonna let it cool you need to make sure it’s nice and cool like lukewarm so you don’t burn yourself.
2: Stay Hydrated
Next you’re going to stand over a sink because this bit is a little bit messy you’re going to take a sip and then you’re going to gargle okay gargle and then spit it out and then repeat. I’d do it at least three times but you can do it as many times as you like for symptomatic relief and then you can repeat it again and again but remember. you have to make a new solution each time you repeat it now moving on to tip number two look I know it can be really frustrating especially when you’ve got a sore throat to keep on drinking fluids okay keep on drinking water but it’s super.
Important that you’re not dehydrated if you are dehydrated it’s gonna make things worse it’s gonna make you a lot weaker and it’s going to slow down recovery time. So to avoid dehydration you need to be aiming for six to eight glasses a day remember warm drinks soup all of these things count towards as well but please remember this don’t be having your warm drinks or your soups soup super hot it’s going to make things worse it’s going to make the sore throat pain worse let it cool okay.
3: Pain Relief with Medication
So it’s like a tepid temperature that’s the most important thing you need to remember about how warm things are that you’re going to be drinking now let’s move on to tip number three paracetamol and ibuprofen both of them are fantastic at reducing the pain of a sore throat as well as reducing.
4: Medicated Lozenges
fever and moving on to tip number four medicated lozenges these can also be very helpful with a sore throat and Los Angeles basically a boiled sweetie so con the medicated ones contain things like benzocaine okay and flurbiprofen these are both quite good ingredients to look out for to contain they can both numb it and help reduce the inflammation and there are quite a few studies supporting their use so. I would also recommend them too let’s move on to the next tip now as always with all medication always read the information leaflet and speak to your pharmacist
to make sure you’re safe and suitable to take it that’s the most important thing.
5: Eat Cool and Soft Foods
I’m moving on to tip number five we want to eat cool foods and soft foods. So we’re talking things like ice lilies ice cream even sucking on ice or chewing on soft foods that are all cool these are all going to help with sore throat pain and please remember if you do smoke you need to stop smoking especially when you bought a sore throat it’s just going to cause inflammation and make things worse now please remember there are situations where you should seek medical advice for a sore throat.
Conclusion
I’m going to leave loads more information in the next. I really hope my tips help your sore throat get better soon always remember your awesome and I will see you next.