What to do if formaldehyde causes sore throat

Sore throat is very common in daily life. This disease will not only cause great harm to the patient's physical health, but also seriously affect their normal life and work, especially sore throat caused by formaldehyde, which is a manifestation of formaldehyde poisoning. Patients must seek medical treatment in time and undergo anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and other treatments to restore their health as soon as possible.

1. How to evaluate whether sore throat is caused by formaldehyde

The following are symptoms caused by formaldehyde. You can check if there are other complications:

1. When I wake up every morning, I feel stuffy, nauseous, and even dizzy.

2. Family members are prone to catching colds and often suffer from skin allergies and other problems, and these problems occur in groups.

3. Often feel discomfort in the throat, a foreign body sensation, and difficulty breathing.

4. Children often cough, sneeze, and have reduced immunity.

5. Newly married couples cannot get pregnant for a long time and cannot find the reason.

6. Long-term inhalation by pregnant women may cause fetal malformation or even death, and long-term inhalation by men may cause sperm deformity.

7. After moving into a new house or renovating a new home, indoor plants are difficult to survive and their leaves tend to turn yellow and wither.

8. There are pungent, dazzling and other irritating odors in the room.

If two or three of the above symptoms occur, it is recommended to seek medical attention as soon as possible, as formaldehyde poisoning is likely to have occurred.

2. Treatment recommendations

Avoid contact with formaldehyde-containing environments and substances again. You can use symptomatic treatments such as anti-allergic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory treatments.

1. Eat light and easy-to-digest food

The diet should be light and easy to digest. So what should you eat when you have a sore throat? Eat more vegetables and fruits, such as water chestnuts, cucumbers, loofahs, bitter melons, pears, etc., which can clear away heat and detoxify, promote salivation and relieve sore throat, without hurting the yang energy; add appropriate amounts of lilies, rock sugar, yam, coix seeds, glutinous rice, etc., which can be used as both medicine and food, which can also nourish yin and moisten dryness, clear the throat and relieve sore throat. When the seasons change, cook more porridge, such as vegetable porridge; eat more sour foods, such as black plum, hawthorn, etc., which can also help with dry and sore throat.

2. Keep your throat warm

Experts believe that a tablespoon of honey mixed with warm water and a pinch of lemon slices is a good natural remedy.

3. Walnut treatment

Take 10 walnuts, remove the hard shell but keep the skin, and take them twice a day, morning and evening. A course of treatment is 15 days. Walnuts have anti-inflammatory, lung-moistening, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving effects. It can cure diseases such as sore throat and cough.