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Treatment

Home remedies for a sore throat

Although a sore throat isn’t usually serious, it can start to get you down after a while.
As well as using Difflam® to relieve your sore throat, why not try these home remedies to help
speed up your recovery and get you back to feeling yourself again.

Gargle with warm, salty water

(children should not try this) drink plenty of water, eat cool or soft foods, avoid smoking or smoky places, suck ice cubes, ice lollies or hard sweets, but do not give young children anything small and hard to suck because of the risk of choking.1

Add honey to your drink

Added to a hot drink, a teaspoon of honey can often make the liquid more palatable and it also has antibacterial properties that could help you to heal faster.2

Use a room humidifier

Moist air from a humidifier can help to keep your nasal passage and throat lubricated for a faster recovery.3 It can also help prevent passing airborne viruses, which spread less in moist air, on to family and friends.4

Other tips to help you recover quickly

Drink plenty of water

Your vocal cords need lubrication and any kind of sore throat causes over or under production of phlegm, so keeping them well watered will help.

Rest, eat a healthy diet and de-stress

Easier said than done when you're busy, but
these are all essential to recovery.

Watch your volume

Try not to whisper as this forces the vocal chords together and can cause more inflammation. It is better to speak at a low but clear level if your throat is sore.

Tips for preventing a sore throat

References

  1. I.Gargling - Available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sore-throat/ Last accessed: October 2021.
  2. II.Honey - Available at https://ebm.bmj.com/content/26/2/57 Last accessed: October 2021.
  3. III.Remedies for a sore throat - Available at https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/help-sore-throats#_noHeaderPrefixedContent Last accessed: September 2023.
  4. IV.High Humidity Leads to Loss of Infectious Influenza Virus from Simulated Coughs - Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583861/ Last accessed: September 2023.

The Difflam® Lozenges, Difflam® Spray, Difflam® Sore Throat Rinse and Difflam® Oral Rinse contains benzydamine hydrochloride. For relief from pain associated with inflammation of the throat.
Always read the label.

DIFF-2023-0029 August 2023