Sore Throat (Children)

• Follow your child’s regular vaccination schedule.

• Educate your child on personal hygiene measures. Teach him the value of hand washing and be the first to set a good example.

• Avoid the child’s contact with patients. If you have a virus, take prophylactic measures. Wear a disposable mask and ventilate your living space daily.

• Take care of the child’s proper diet, with foods rich in vitamins and nutrients, avoiding various snacks and junk food.

• Keep cleaners, chemicals and caustic liquids out of the sight of children.

• If your children often get sick at daycare, consider stopping.

• If you smoke indoors, stop smoking as smoke is extremely irritating to children’s throats. Remember that your children are also passive smokers, with all the negative consequences for their health.

• If the child develops a sore throat in combination with difficulty breathing, high fever and lethargy, he must be examined by a pediatrician immediately.

Angelos P. Karatzaferis, Specialist Pathologist/ Scientific Associate for the GET WELL Natural Corner service
Excellent Graduate of the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Specialty in Internal Pathology at the Pathological Physiology Clinic of the University of Athens