Picture this: You’re preparing to give a presentation to important clients, heading out for dinner with friends, or jet-setting off to your dream vacation. You’re confident that you can communicate or interact with people, but you become lost for words once you open your mouth.
Once an itchy and sore throat makes its presence felt, it not only causes you pain but also disrupts your day and makes it hard for you to communicate properly.
But why does an itchy and sore throat happen in the first place? Take a look at some of the causes of an itchy sore throat, and how you can address it before it gets in the way of life’s important moments.
Itchy and Sore Throat: Symptoms and Causes
There are multiple reasons why people may suffer from an itchy and sore throat. Some of the most common include viruses like influenza, mononucleosis, COVID-19, measles virus, and chickenpox, or bacteria like group A streptococcus.
But aside from these, did you know that lifestyle-related factors can increase someone’s risk for a sore and itchy throat? These include:
- Smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke
- Allergic rhinitis that can be triggered by common allergens like food, medicine, pollen, dander, dust, and smoke
- Dehydration
- Acid reflux or the tendency of stomach acid to move back up to the throat ● Voice overuse that may lead to inflammation within the voice box and throat
- Drinking very hot or cold liquids
- Eating very spicy or sweet food
- Weak immune systems that can increase one’s risk for a sore and itchy throat
An itchy and sore throat can also be accompanied by or trigger the following:
- Dry throat
- Cough
- Runny nose
- Hoarse voice
- Pink eye
- DIfficulties swallowing
- Red and swollen tonsils
- Sore and swollen jaw or neck glands
These symptoms can last anywhere between 3 and 10 days. However, some people’s symptoms worsen or extend past the 10-day mark. This can indicate an underlying condition that may need to be examined by a health professional right away.
Where Are You Most Likely to Get an Itchy and Sore Throat?
When symptoms of an itchy and sore throat appear, many people often retrace their steps to see where, when, or how they picked it up. Environments that can make someone more prone to a sore and itchy throat include:
- Crowded areas like schools, offices, malls, and other places where sore throat-causing viruses and bacteria can spread easily.
- Places with higher altitudes or dry air, like airplanes or offices, that can dry out the throat and make it more prone to irritation.
- Places where household cleaners and other chemicals are used and/or places where cigarettes and secondhand smoke are present, since these substances can release particles into the air that irritate the throat and trigger inflammation.
- Events where people have to talk louder than normal or shout.
Here’s How You Can Act on an Itchy and Sore Throat
You can be one step ahead of a sore and itchy throat. Common or go-to remedies include drinking tea, gargling with saltwater, and medicines. In some cases, people are advised to stop eating food that can cause a sore and itchy throat or even go on vocal rest.
However, these remedies can be difficult to bring and take anywhere, even posing as an extra challenge when you’re at a work event or up in the air. Plus, it can be difficult to stay away from certain food or stop talking altogether if these are crucial to your daily routines.
Being one step ahead doesn’t only require relieving the pain; it also means preventing what you’re experiencing from getting worse. With that said, don’t settle for something that’s cool lang and may only offer temporary relief.
Keep Benzydamine hydrochloride + Chlorhexidine digluconate (Solmux® Throat Spray) close by for relief against an itchy and sore throat! It stops pain, viruses, and bacteria before they worsen, so you can power through daily routines unbothered, achieve your goals, and unlock the best version of yourself! (With recommended use of 2 to 4 sprays on the affected area, every 1.5 to 3 hours as needed, or as advised by a doctor.)
This formula has two key components that may help stop inflammation-and infection-causing viruses and bacteria in the throat, thereby helping prevent the worsening of symptoms like an itchy and sore throat, cough, colds, pain, and swelling.
Suggested use of this product is 2 to 4 sprays for adults and children 12 years and up. Just LIFT the nozzle, TARGET the area of concern, and SPRAY according to the recommended dose.
Benzydamine hydrochloride + Chlorhexidine digluconate (Solmux® Throat Spray) is available online and in leading drugstores nationwide at a suggested retail price (SRP) of Php350.
Now you can spray away your itchy sore throat, before it gets worse!
If symptoms persist, consult your doctor.
ASC Reference No. U0142P100725S
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https://www.cdc.gov/sore-throat/about/index.html
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