Bye Bye Sore Throat!

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Given the weather and the recent outburst of the life-threatening pandemic, dry throat is more common now than before. A dry throat or a dry throat condition is often caused due to head cold/ cold jammed in ones head (maybe due to sinus), dehydration, or sleeping with the mouth open, especially during the winter season. Successful home treatments/home remedies include drinking/consuming warm/ luke-warm liquids, such as kaadha or hot tea, and sucking on throat lozenges better known as throat repair candies.

A dry throat is often also termed as an itchy throat owing to the itching and irritation that it causes in the throat.
It often causes trouble in speaking and clogs the throat up. It also causes roughness, dryness, itchiness in the throat that makes talking difficult for the one suffering from this condition.

There are many forms of sore throat treatment ranging from homeopathic medicines i.e. homeopathic tablets, allopathic medicines i.e anti-biotics, Ayurvedic medicines i.e. kaadha’s, home remedies and treatments, etc.

The base/crux of this illness lies in a virus that is caused by the germs in ones body. It also gets aggravated by the same germs in the body. Because a virus causes mono, antibiotics won’t treat it. Here are some tips to help you feel better until your body gets over the infection:
One must get themselves plenty of rest to give their immune system a chance to battle/fight off the virus.
One must drink extra fluids and liquids to avoid dehydration.
One must take over-the-counter pain medication such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) to bring down a fever and relieve ones sore throat. However, this shall be done only under the guidance of a certified doctor and health specialist.
Suck on a lozenge and gargle with warm salt water to help with throat pain.
Having said that, one must not take this condition lightly. They should treat it with complete attention and priority by consulting a doctor immediately. Why? Because this conditions is infectious and can spread from one to another easily. If one is surrounded by old or very young family members with poor or not-so-great immunity/ immune functions, they should treat it with absolute precision and attention. Especially due to the often, complete changes in the weather and the current situation of the pandemic outbreak.

Natural remedies for a sore throat include consumption of marshmallow root, sage, apple cider vinegar, salt-water gargle, sucking on honey, licorice root, lemon-water, ginger root tea, coconut oil to smoothen the throat, cinnamon and plenty of fluids/liquids. Consuming different types of soups such as chicken soup, tomato soup, sweet and sour soup, etc. shall also do the trick. Consumption of different types of teas such as chamomile tea, ginger tea, green tea, black tea, vannila tea, apple cinnamon tea, etc. also help in fixing the problem straight from the root.

Lozenges are also available in herbal and non-herbal flavors. One must also inhale steam at all times to keep infections at bay and to steer clear of the same.