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so here's a fact up to 9 out of 10 sore
throat infections cannot be treated of
antibiotics I'm going to teach you how
to get rid of a sore throat at home so
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about this and let's go so here in the
UK we get approximately 1.2 million
appointments every year for a sore
throat so it's extremely common good
news is sore throats generally get
better on their own within a week but
there are many tips and tricks that you
can do that are going to help and I'm
going to teach you exactly that let's
begin with tip number one you're going
to try a salt water gargle okay 99 of
the times this is the first thing I
recommend most of my patients it's
extremely effective it's inexpensive
everyone has the ingredients to make at
home and it's really easy to do it
reduces the pain it reduces the
inflammation so it's a win-win here's
how you make it Kettle water boil one
teaspoon of salt Add Water
mix and your saline solution is now
ready okay so now it's time for the fun
bit once you've got your saltwater
gargle solution ready you're gonna let
it cool you need to make sure it's nice
and cool like lukewarm so you don't burn
yourself next you're going to stand over
a sink because this bit is a little bit
messy you're going to take a sip and
then you're going to gargle okay gargle
and then spit it out and then repeat I'd
do it at least three times but you can
do it as many times as you like for
symptomatic relief and then you can
repeat it again and again but remember
you have to make a new solution each
time you repeat it now moving on to tip
number two look I know it can be really
frustrating especially when you've got a
sore throat to keep on drinking fluids
okay keep on drinking water but it's
super important that you're not
dehydrated if you are dehydrated it's
gonna make things worse it's gonna make
you a lot weaker and it's going to slow
down recovery time so to avoid
dehydration you need to be aiming for
six to eight glasses a day remember warm
drinks soup all of these things count
towards as well but please remember this
don't be having your warm drinks or your
soups soup super hot it's going to make
things worse it's going to make the sore
throat pain worse let it cool okay so
it's like a tepid temperature that's the
most important thing you need to
remember about how warm things are that
you're going to be drinking now let's
move on to tip number three paracetamol
and ibuprofen both of them are fantastic
at reducing the pain of a sore throat as
well as reducing a fever and moving on
to tip number four medicated lozenges
these can also be very helpful with a
sore throat and Los Angeles basically a
boiled sweetie so con the medicated ones
contain things like benzocaine okay and
flu buprofen these are both quite good
ingredients to look out for to contain
they can both numb it and help reduce
the inflammation and there are quite a
few studies supporting their use so I
would also recommend them too let's move
on to the next tip now as always with
all medication always read the
information leaflet and speak to your
pharmacist to make sure you're safe and
suitable to take it that's the most
important thing I'm moving on to tip
number five we want to eat cool foods
and soft foods so we're talking things
like ice lollies ice cream even sucking
on ice or chewing on soft foods that are
all cool these are all going to help
with sore throat pain and please
remember if you do smoke you need to
stop smoking especially when you bought
a sore throat it's just going to cause
inflammation and make things worse now
please remember there are situations
where you should seek medical advice for
a sore throat and I'm going to leave
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help your sore throat get better soon
always remember your awesome and I will
see you next week
