{"id":5358,"date":"2019-04-05T06:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2021-03-30T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:11:03","slug":"14-symptoms-of-herpangina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/14-symptoms-of-herpangina\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Symptoms of Herpangina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Typically indicated by the trademark small blisters it leaves along the roof of the mouth and into the back of the throat, herpangina is an infection that mostly affects children in their mouths and throats<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hand-foot-mouth disease is a very similar condition to herpangina, but the two are distinguishable from each other by the location of the ulcers. It is a highly contagious disease but fortunately, it is eminently treatable. Usually very easy to treat, some of the symptoms to look out for are listed below and expanded upon. Herpangina is most active in the period between mid-fall and early spring, like a lot of nasty little viruses that seem to come with the harsh weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A variety of treatments are used to treat herpangina, from traditional over the counter medicines to home remedies that use more natural ingredients to tackle the beast. The disease usually runs its course over the space of a week or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.  \tSore throat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A sore throat is typical for herpangina<\/a>, and pretty much unavoidable for anyone suffering from the illness. The blisters and the ulcers that form are the main issues, as their formation is a painful process, as is the way evolve from initially appearing to their eventual disappearance. Similarly to herpes blisters, the herpangina blisters evolve through a process. Their arrival is usually indicated by a tingling and itchy sensation in the mouth until one blister is present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initial blister is usually the biggest blister but is followed by sometimes dozens of similar blisters that reach right to the back of the throat. Even breathing in can be painful and it really is something of an endurance test to overcome the misery of the sore throat caused by herpangina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the counter medicines and anti-inflammatory drugs can help, but the main cause of the pain is the blisters themselves, making topical application of gels and creams a good way of managing this decidedly unpleasant symptom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2.  \tFever<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Running a fever <\/a>when suffering from herpangina is almost guaranteed. The fever can come and go as it pleases, but often signals the start of an infection and will be the highest right before the blisters break out. Ironically, when the blisters are at their peak, the sufferer may actually feel most like themselves, with the worst of the illness coming in the build-up to the breakout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bad thing about this is, that even for children, there is a level of embarrassment and self-consciousness that comes with a mouth full of blisters, and so going about your business in a normal fashion becomes just as difficult psychologically, as it was physically before the blisters arrived. During the fever stage, temperatures can rise and fall erratically and episodes may last between a whole day and a couple of days. Expect to experience the sweats, the shivers, plenty of hot flushes and a few cold flashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3.  \tHeadache<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another unavoidable symptom of herpangina is a headache. Varying from person to person, from the forehead pains to all encapsulating migraine<\/a>-type feelings, a headache is what can bring you down the most. Children with headaches will often appear quite teary and upset. It’s often easy to see when a child or infant is suffering from headaches, due to their furrowed brows and not quite seeming themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For adults, a headache can seem like a really unjust symptom of an illness like herpangina, because of its striking similarity to one of the defining symptoms of a hangover from hell. The difference here is that there was no \u2018night before\u2019 and so the hangover style headache just feels really unfair when you\u2019re used to having fun before its arrival the next day. Kids don\u2019t have hangovers to compare these herpangina headaches with, lucky things. They will have one day, then they’ll be sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4.  \tDecreased or loss of appetite<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s not surprising that a person’s appetite would wain significantly when their mouth has become a bubbling island of volcanoes. Sometimes it’s the pain that causes a change in eating habits, but sometimes it’s a change all on its own, whereby the illness tells the body it doesn’t need to take on any food. It’s like a system hijack with the virus <\/a>at the helm, well aware of what would improve the body’s ability to fight back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamins, nutrients, and energy obtained from food would be more power in the body’s armory and so the virus decreasing a person’s appetite is a way of fighting back. A declaration that the virus has found a nice place to live and doesn’t fancy the idea of some repowered sickness fighting cells stocking up at the canteen. You could maybe interpret a decrease in appetite as a final throw of the dice from the victim. It must be ignored and food must be taken on if this is a fight that the patient is going to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5.  \tSwallowing problems due to mouth and throat pain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Swallowing razor blades would feel nicer. Swallowing a spoonful of angry wasps armed with a roll of sandpaper each would feel like silk in comparison to how herpangina makes the throat feel. Some people have even described the feeling as worse than tonsillitis<\/a>. Like gargling with lava, is a description some people use when describing how it feels to swallow whilst suffering from herpangina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It just isn’t nice at all. When hot drinks sting like nettles and water goes down like cyanide or acid, it’s probably time to speak to a doctor or treat yourself to some frozen yogurt to help ease the pain. The numbing properties of ice cream and popsicles shouldn\u2019t be overlooked, and these can be great tools to use against the onset of herpangina symptoms such as a sore throat. Alternatively, you may want to think about running away with the circus. There\u2019s a current shortage of those guys who eat swords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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6.  \tLymph gland swelling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is a symptom of herpangina that can either be overlooked entirely or blown out of all proportions, depending on the mindset or outlook of the patient. Some people will stay the course of the illness without giving a second thought to their glands and whether they’ve started to resemble pool balls or not, whilst some people will take to Dr. Google, put two and two together and get terminal cancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, the lymph gland swelling caused by herpangina isn\u2019t really \u2018nothing\u2019 and it isn\u2019t really \u2018something\u2019. It\u2019s something and nothing. It is definitely an annoyance for some people and undoubtedly present in most people with herpangina, but it certainly doesn\u2019t reduce your life expectancy and mean you\u2019ve got just minutes to live. As ever, if you\u2019re worried about your swollen glands, the advice of a health professional should be sought. It\u2019s just another one of the symptoms that make this illness pretty unpleasant. Deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, the lymph gland swelling caused by herpangina isn\u2019t really \u2018nothing\u2019 and it isn\u2019t really \u2018something\u2019. It\u2019s something and nothing. It is definitely an annoyance for some people and undoubtedly present in most people with herpangina, but it certainly doesn\u2019t reduce your life expectancy and mean you\u2019ve got just minutes to live. As ever, if you\u2019re worried about your swollen glands, the advice of a health professional should be sought. It\u2019s just another one of the symptoms that make this illness pretty unpleasant. Deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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7.  \tDrooling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yep, that\u2019s right. Drooling is an unfortunate symptom of herpangina that will certainly not make you the most popular member of the dinner table. It isn’t much you can do about it apart from maybe where a bib, as the saliva glands go into overdrive, trying to lubricate a rapidly drying mouth full of ever oozing and crusting blisters<\/a>. It’s no laughing matter, but you could end up producing more drool than a St Bernard staring into a butcher shop window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all that drool has to go somewhere. Since swallowing hurts so much, as detailed above, all that drool is most likely going to come spilling out for all the world to see. Nice. It\u2019s important to maintain good standards of hygiene with this symptom doing the rounds, as contact is a spreader, but so is contact with saliva from an infected source. In this case, sharing is definitely not caring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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8.  \tNausea and\/or vomiting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If reading all about the symptoms associated with herpangina has left you feeling a little sick, don\u2019t worry, that\u2019s all part of it anyway. In actual fact, you’d be very lucky to endure a bout of herpangina without needing to hug the toilet bowl for a time, or at least spend a few days feeling like you might need to. It\u2019s an empty sort of sickness feeling, given that your appetite has most likely dropped, but it is important to try and eat something, even if that\u2019s just so you have something to bring back up again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people survive with just a little bit of nausea or dizziness, but for the unlucky few, herpangina can cause almost as much vomiting <\/a>as a bad case of food poisoning. Don’t worry, you won’t have food poisoning from the mainly frozen diet you’ve been limited yourself to. That sickness you’re experiencing is one hundred percent the fault of the herpangina, just like everything else you\u2019ve been experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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