Sore throat, no temperature? So it's not a cold?

We somehow got used to think that a sore throat is the first sign of an impending cold or flu. Usually this is followed by other symptoms - the temperature rises, there is an ache in the whole body, the nose is laid, and tears flow from the red eyes . But it often happens that the throat hurts, but the temperature does not rise above the usual 36.6 ° C, and often such a symptomatology misleads not only the patient himself but his doctor as well.

In what cases does this happen?

The most common cause of sore throat is colds - ARD or ARVI. And often they flow almost asymptomatically - the throat hurts, there is no temperature, the patient feels only a small general weakness and headache. However, due to the lack of heat, do not ignore the disease, as in the future it can lead to serious complications. Do not risk your health and bear the disease "on your feet." The best option is to stay at home, call a doctor and take all measures for a speedy recovery. To remove the inflammation and sore throat will help rinse with natural antiseptics - tincture of calendula, chamomile or sage. Very useful will be a warming compress on the neck and chest, for example mustard. To ease the pain, you can also use absorbable lozenges with menthol (Strepsils, Tunes, Mentos, etc.) or anesthetic aerosols with an antiseptic (Geksoral, Kameton, etc.).

No less common causes of sore throat are pharyngitis and laryngitis - acute inflammatory diseases of the pharynx and larynx. It is pharyngitis most often characterized by pain in the throat in the absence of high temperature. The cause is most often pathogenic microorganisms that have fallen on the mucosa of the throat and caused inflammation. But not always, for example, acute pharyngitis often happens due to cold or very dry air. Often the pain in the throat arises after running in cold weather or with severe nasal congestion, when a person is forced to constantly breathe through the mouth, as a result of which the mucosa quickly dries up and gets irritated. In this case, unpleasant symptoms usually go away after a few hours. To reduce pain and inflammation in the throat, it is recommended to drink warm (not hot) tea or milk, rinse your throat as often as possible with calendula or chamomile infusion, dissolve the candies with mint and antiseptic from the pharmacy.

But if you do not take the disease seriously enough, the incomplete acute pharyngitis easily passes into a chronic form. In this case, the pathogenic bacteria remain in the body and under favorable conditions for them, for example, with weakening of immunity, hypothermia, prolonged conversations, inhalation of cold air, again begin to multiply actively. It is chronic pharyngitis that is most often characterized by the fact that the patient simply has a sore throat without fever. In this case, like any chronic disease, pharyngitis requires a serious approach to treatment under the supervision of a doctor.

Another of the most common causes of severe sore throat is tonsillopharyngitis, or tonsillitis. It is generally believed that angina is always accompanied by fever, fever, inflammation of the lymph nodes and a purulent coating on the tonsils. However, this is not always the case. For example, with catarrhal angina, the patient's only complaint to the doctor is often a sore throat, there is no temperature. In this case the tonsils are usually greatly enlarged, but without a purulent deposit. The patient feels severe discomfort in the throat, swallowing is difficult and accompanied by severe pain. But in any case, to angina, even if there is no high temperature, it should be treated with all seriousness. In case of incorrect or untimely treatment of angina, even without such dangerous symptoms as high temperature, it is fraught with very serious complications.

The cause of pain in the throat can be periodontitis, stomatitis and other inflammatory diseases of teeth and gums. In this case, pathogenic microorganisms with saliva enter the mucosa of the pharynx, where they begin to multiply actively, causing inflammation and pain. Aphthous stomatitis in adults usually occurs with the following symptoms: sore throat, there is no temperature, aphthae are formed on the mucosa of the mouth and larynx - small sores with purulent coating, submandibular lymph nodes are markedly enlarged.

Also, the cause of the pain in the throat can be the ingress of a foreign body into it. Especially in this regard, dangerous fish and dishes from it. Fish bones are very thin and sharp, easily dig into the mucosa, and even a very small bone can cause severe pain and discomfort. Often children play in nature, swallow small bits of grass or cereal "awns", which also easily dig into the mucous membrane of the throat and get stuck there, causing painful pain. The main signs that indicate the presence of a foreign body, it's sore throat, there is no temperature, there is a strong desire to "clear your throat," a feeling of "lump" in the throat, besides, when swallowing, the pain sharply increases. Never try to pull a foreign object from your throat yourself. Just like the people's method, advising to chew and swallow a crust of bread, does not always give a positive effect, but even on the contrary, often this method entails the "withdrawal" of a foreign object only deeper into the esophagus, which seriously complicates the doctors the task of removing it later . In this case, the best option is to immediately seek medical help from specialists.

Sore throat often appears after an injury, for example, a scratch obtained by swallowing a bone or too large a piece of food. Also, too hot a drink can cause a burn of the mucous throat. The main symptom for traumatic mucosal damage is a sore throat. The temperature is not present, at a burn there can be an erythema on a place of damage. Often in such cases, pain may not occur immediately, but only after several hours after the traumatic event. The main treatment is the exclusion from the diet of hard foods, very hot or very cold drinks. To relieve pain and as a disinfectant suits suckable candy from the pharmacy, as well as rinsing the throat with infusion of calendula or chamomile.