Thrush Thrush
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Information about candidiasis was set out in the article " Candidiasis of the mouth and throat ". The throat of the larynx (pearl mussel) most often occurs in infants during the summer, especially with artificial feeding, with malnutrition, as well as in adults suffering from diabetes, cachexia, tuberculosis and other chronic diseases that depress immunity.
Than is caused a thrush of a throat?
Thrush of the larynx or a disease similar to it (pearl), due to its descent fungus Candida albicans, whose colonies on the mucous membrane of the mouth and pharyngeal develop as white rafts, tightly welded in the first days with the underlying substrate, and then easily torn away. In the larynx, there are small whitish, isolated from each other zones of hyperemic mucous membrane, the nipple formations, which, merging, form false membranes. They are located on the epiglottis and cherpalodnagortarnyh folds, much less often - on the mucous membrane of the ventricles of the larynx and vocal folds. The mucous membrane around these formations is hyperemic, thickened, sometimes swollen.
Symptoms of the throat of the larynx
Complaints of the patient are reduced to difficulties during swallowing, hoarseness of the voice, sensations of burning in the larynx and the presence of a foreign body in it. Cases of breathing are frequent, leading to suffocation. The throat of the larynx develops non-aggressively, slowly, The general condition of the patient depends mainly on the disease against which the throat of the larynx arose. The disease often recurs.
Diagnosis of the throat of the larynx
Diagnosis of the throat of the larynx is based on the presence of similar changes in the oral cavity and pharynx. The throat of the larynx should be differentiated from other diseases of the larynx, manifested by the formation of pseudomembranous raids. The final diagnosis is established by microscopic examination of the raids and the detection of characteristic fungi.
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Treating the larynx of the throat
Treatment of the larynx of the larynx consists in the use of antifungal preparations, rinses and hydrosols with alkaline solutions, lubrication of affected areas with gentian violet, etc. The main effort should be aimed at increasing the resistance of the organism, establishing a proper nutrition and completeness of the vitamin and microelement balance in it.
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