What Is Acute Pharyngitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
10. Treatment
As mentioned, treating pharyngitis is fairly straightforward. Standard antibiotics are usually all that’s needed to do the job, and it will often clear itself up in a few days anyway. In addition to treating the cause, you can also treat the symptoms, and lozenges and other remedies are effective at this.
While a sore throat in itself is not usually something to be concerned about, you should consider speaking with a doctor if the pain is too severe, or if it persists for too long. In a small number of cases, it will be a symptom of something more serious that needs to be addressed.
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