Look After Your Children with Herbs (online course) Sore Throats

>Is it a simple sore throat or is it something more serious?

* A sore throat can be caused by various things.

* Some are safe to treat at home, some require diagnosis and treatment by a medical professional.

Sore throats are usually safe to treat at home when caused by:

• The common cold
• A common cough
• Chronic allergies e.g. hay fever, perennial rhinitis etc.
  

Sore throats require professional medical help (i.e. go to your GP/doctor) when caused by:

• Covid-19
• Tonsillitis
• ‘Quincy’
• ‘Strep. throat’
• Laryngitis
• Sudden or acute allergies or allergic reactions

> Go to the doctor for examination, treatment and advice if your child or baby has any of these symptoms.

• ***PANDEMIC & PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: investigate ALL sore throats for Covid-19***
• Difficulty or pain swallowing
• Serious pain e.g. crying
• Pus on tonsils or around back of throat
• Large swollen glands, especially if one-sided.
• A rash, especially around the mouth or on the face.
• Off food for more than a day.
• Off liquids for any time at all (children can become dehydrated in only a few hours).