BY:

Kharen Garino
BSN 3D
 CHRONIC
PHARYNGITIS
 CONCEPTUAL MAP
PREDISPOSING PRECIPITATING
FACTORS: FACTORS:
Exposure to
Age someone with
Having AIDS sore throat
or Cancer Travelling,
working, or living
in close contact
with people
Exposure to
cigarette smoke,
toxic fumes,
industrial smokes
and air pollutants

Stress
Other allergies
 Bacteria or Viruses invade the
pharyngeal mucosa
 Sore throat
Pain in
swallowing Slight fever
Earache Cause a local inflammatory Enlargement
Enlarge and response of the tonsils
tender lymph Generally
node in your neck feeling unwell

Advice patient to:

•Rest
•Avoid kissing or sharing eating •Acetaminophen
utensils (Tylenol)
•Drink lots of fluids •Ibuprofen
•Avoid drinking Alcohol (Advil,Motrin)
•Use a mask to prevent spread •Penicillin
of infection •Erythromycin
•Avoid smoking
LEGEND

Pathophysiology

Signs and Symptoms

Nursing management

Therapeutic Management
NURSING PROBLEMS
Impaired oral mucous membrane r/t edema
Risk for deficient fluid volume r/t decreased
oral intake as a result of painful swallowing
TONSILITIS
 CONCEPTUAL MAP
PREDISPOSING PRECIPITATING
FACTORS: FACTORS:
Age
Alcohol
Splenectomy
use
Exposure
to someone
with
tonsillitis
Smoking
Frequent
exposure to
germs
 Tonsils play a role in immunity

Severe sore
throat Diseased tonsils become less effective
Pain on Fever
Swallowing Headache
Inflammation spreads on Nausea and
Malaise
Loss of tonsils Vomiting
Appetite

Advice patient to:

• Avoid citrus juices, hot or
spicy foods and rough
•Acetaminophen
textured foods
•Teach that ice cold fluids (Tylenol) • Tonsillectomy
•Aspirin
may be easier to swallow
•Penicillin
than hot beverages and may
provide local anesthetic
effect
LEGEND
Pathophysiology

Signs and Symptoms

Nursing management

Therapeutic Management

Surgical Management
NURSING PROBLEMS
 Acute pain related to swelling
 Risk for ineffective airway clearance related to pain
and swelling
 Deficient fluid volume related to fever and difficulty
in swallowing fluids