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