How can I avoid sore throat when hot?

It was too hot, many mothers wondered because if they did not turn on the air conditioner, the children struggled uncomfortably, but they were afraid of having a sore throat and coughing.

Dr. Pham Manh Than, Head of General Planning Department of Green Hospital Hospital (Hanoi), said that in these hot days, the number of adults and children who come to see them due to respiratory infections increases. In particular, up to 80-85% of children who come for medical examination are due to respiratory problems. The doctor also answers common questions about this phenomenon:

- Why is it so hot when people are hot?

- Hot weather reduces the body's resistance so it is easy to cause respiratory infections, if severe, can cause purulent sore throat, purulent tonsillitis. The risk is higher when there is a sudden change in temperature, such as: Drinking water is too cold when it is hot or when sweating, just outside when you have to take a cold shower, from the outside step right into the room cold or vice versa .

In particular, drinking cold water is easy to cause respiratory infections because it reduces the temperature in the throat area. However, this is a hobby and habit of many people in the summer. It is best to drink only cool water, if you prefer cold water, you should only drink small sips.

During hot days, the number of adults and children who come for examination due to respiratory infections increases.

- Many people believe that the use of air conditioning is very harmful to the respiratory tract, especially children. Is that true?

- Because the heat reduces resistance, it is necessary to use air conditioning on hot days. Hot days are often accompanied by high humidity, the body is difficult to balance itself, so it creates fatigue, especially children will be poor to eat, sweat and prone to sore throat.

However, if the air conditioner is used unreasonably, this comfortable device is the factor that causes inflammation of the respiratory tract. Avoid lying in the direct airflow. Temperatures should only be set at 24 degrees Celsius. Create a moderate temperature "buffer zone" before entering or leaving a cold room. When not turning on the machine, it is necessary to open the room to ventilate, regularly clean the air conditioner to avoid contamination.

- What about houses without air conditioning?

- Using a fan helps people be more comfortable without air conditioning. However, in the days when the air humidity is high, the fan does not help much, even if the fan is still sweating. In this case, you should still use a fan with moderate intensity, and use a towel to wipe your sweat regularly. Avoid blowing fans into the face.

- Should I take a cold shower in the hot season?

- To ease the heat, many people pump water from underground storage in the floor to bathe, because the water in the tank is usually cool, only 8-12 degrees C. For healthy people who are used to training with changing lips This school, cold water makes them feel good. But for weak people and children, cold water bathing is not good, easy to cause colds or inflammation of the respiratory tract. It is best to shower about 20 degrees Celsius, which means mixing this cold water with the water in the outdoor tank (temperature is about 30-32 degrees Celsius), or storing water in indoor containers.

- Should antibiotics be used when having a sore throat, cough due to hot sun?

- Up to 90-95% of cases of respiratory infections when hot weather is caused by viruses, only 5-10% due to bacteria. So for most patients, the use of antibiotics is useless, even increasing the risk of greasy medication in later illnesses. So at first, only resistance should be increased by diet and vitamin supplements, medication to treat symptoms such as fever relief if high fever, cough syrup or other herbal remedies for coughing if coughing a lot. After a few days without support, you should go to your doctor to get an antibiotic if needed. If you go to the doctor when you first have symptoms, your doctor will not give you antibiotics right away.

Hai Ha