Symptomatic therapy of acute respiratory viral infections with damage to the upper respiratory tract

Acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) are an urgent problem for doctors of various specialties. Occupying a leading position in terms of accessibility to medical institutions, ARVI inflict significant economic damage due to the cost of drugs, as well as temporary disability of patients. The cause of ARVI can be the ingress of more than 200 different viral pathogens on the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract and, as a consequence, a decrease in its protective abilities with subsequent damage and the development of local and general inflammatory symptoms. The manifestations of acute respiratory viral infections are diverse, on the part of the ENT organs it is most often rhinorrhea, as well as discomfort, perspiration, sore throat, nasal congestion, decreased or loss of smell. For general intoxication syndrome in ARVI, severe headache, pain in muscles and joints, as well as general malaise and fever with an increase in body temperature of varying severity are characteristic. At the moment, there is no universal etiotropic drug for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, and therefore preference is given to symptomatic treatment. The use of symptomatic drugs is aimed at relieving such symptoms as pain of various localization and hyperthermia. The main drugs for such therapy are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which can be used as monotherapy and in combination therapy.

acute respiratory viral infection, symptomatic therapy, fever, pain, ibuprofen, paracetamol