Always contact your doctor quickly when a sore throat is accompanied by increased general symptoms or high fever. Infection of the throat and tonsils with severe sore throat and enlargement of the surrounding lymph nodes (especially submandibular nodes) is very often referred to as streptococcal tonsillitis - a bacterial infection with the risk of numerous complications, which therefore absolutely requires antibiotics.

In older children, throat rinses with sage and chamomile infusions or over-the-counter throat tablets and aerosols can be used if the symptoms are not too severe. Your pharmacist at the pharmacy should be able to help you choose these.