Sore Throat and Environmental Factors: Pollution and Allergies

Did you know a sore throat can be the result of environmental factors such as pollution, as well as allergies, your bedroom environment, lifestyle, and even your diet? While you may not always be able to control what’s causing your sore throat (pollution, for example) – you can, however, manage sore throat pain with simple over-the-counter sore throat treatments. Buying sore throat medicines such as throat sprays or lozenges from your local pharmacy can be an effective way to get fast relief. You can also try home sore throat remedies such as gargling with salt or herbal teas to soothe sort throats.

Environmental Causes of a Sore Throat

Allergies

The spring and fall months usually mark the arrival of hay fever season when common seasonal allergens like pollen are at their peak. For people with hay fever allergies, breathing in pollen can affect your nose, throat, and lungs, leading to throat pain.

Sore Throat Treatment: Allergy medications can do wonders for you allergy, and if OTC antihistamine medication are not enough, sore throat lozenges like Vocalzones Throat Pastilles [Kestrel] can help relieve sort throat pain.

Dry & Cold Air

If you sleep with the window open, the cold and dry air let in can irritate your throat causing you to wake up with a sore throat. To prevent this, cool down the room before going to bed and then close the window when you’re ready to go to sleep.

Sore Throat Treatment: Using a humidifier can add moisture to the room and prevent your throat from getting dry and scratchy.

Air Pollution

If you live in a city that has a lot of pollution, this could cause a chronic sore throat. While you can’t do much to control pollution, you can follow some simple sore throat remedies at home to improve the air quality in your house and room.

Sore Throat Treatment: While at home, use an air purifier to filter out harmful pollutants. While outside, wear a mask whenever possible to filter out the dirty air, and always keep a handful of throat lozenges such as Strepsils Strawberry Sugar Free 36 in your pocket to soothe a sore throat when you’re out and about.

Overuse

If you have a job that requires constant use of your voice such as sales, bartending, or singing, you might experience frequent sore throat pain that can cause hoarseness and a dry cough due to overuse.

Sore Throat Treatment: It’s important to safeguard your throat health and do what you can to take care of it by giving it a rest and avoiding other things (like spicy foods or smoking) that could further irritate your throat. You can also use a numbing throat spray such as Ultra Chloraseptic Blackcurrant (15ML) Spray or Ultra Chloraseptic Throat Original (15ML) Spray for quick relief from sore throat pain.

Buy Sore Throat Medicine at Pearl Chemist Group

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