Can drinking alcohol help a sore throat?

The pain, scratchiness, irritation of throat is a terrible feeling when you swollen. If you caught a severe cold or flu, the bad sore throat is coming with you. Even worse, you could catch the strep throat that requires treatment with antibiotics to prevent complications. Then, is it better to drink alcohol to help a sore throat?

Generally speaking, we are more inclined to drink warm liquids with honey and lemon juice or gargling with salt water. There is a little controversy about drinking alcohol treating the sore throat. But We advised that it can be applied as short-term remedy, not regular. According to the science, the red wine is the best choice to conduct intense antibacterial effect. So, it can alleviate sore throat in some way. If you need to try other alcohol beverage, make sure the Alcohol concentrations is at least 40 percent. However, the excess intake of the alcohol would damage gut.

Alcohol drinking is actually help you feel warm and comfortable when you have a viral cold. You can regard it as a kind of instant remedy. Alcohol contains acidic ingredient and further irritate sore throat. The best way to soothe sore throat is to gargle with saltwater. Here is how we can do. A saltwater gargle of 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon (1.25 to 2.50 milliliters) of table salt to 4 to 8 ounces (120 to 240 milliliters) of warm water can help soothe a sore throat. In the other hand, we can choose other drinks to relieve sore throat, such as ,Chamomile tea , honey, peppermint and Apple cider vinegar and son on.

Sore throat is easily to be ignored in daily life. We often misunderstand that it is just a common cold that caused by virus. However, the cause of strep throat is bacteria known as Streptococcus pyogenes which are highly contagious and hard to cure. Meanwhile, the severe sore throat can lead to many complication. So, just drinking alcohol to make you better is not enough, you should take medicine like acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin. Take a sore throat spray, throat lozenges or cough syrup on the go when you are dealing with something important. Once the sore throat continued for a week, you should see the doctor.

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