Specialists in ear, nose and throat treatment have cautioned Nigerians against taking of sore throat for granted, noting that the health condition should be promptly and appropriately treated at all times.
Chime, an Enugu-based ENT specialist, noted that there are several causes of sore throat, adding that it is a health condition that should be treated based on the cause.
“The reason is that there’s a particular organism that affects the throat causing sore throat, streptococcus, that same bacterium has a predilection for heart valves, it can also affect the kidney so because of that, it is good to treat sore throat properly.” On the treatment options for the health condition, she noted that if a sore throat is due to infectious causes like bacteria or fungi, appropriate antibiotics or antifungal treatment is often prescribed to treat it.
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