Umphimbo obuhlungu mhlawumbe yisifo esingemnandi neze somkhuhlane. Ukugwinya ukudla kuba yinkinga futhi kube yinto elula njengokukhuluma ibangela ubuhlungu. Kuyacasula kakhulu noma lapho umphimbo usesimweni sokuphumula ngenxa yomuzwa oqhubekayo wokucasuka nokunambitheka okubi emlonyeni.
Yize lungekho ikhambi lomphimbo obuhlungu obangelwa igciwane elibandayo, likhona kunezindlela zokusiza abantu bazizwe bekhululeke kakhudlwananjengokuphuza iziphuzo ezishisayo, ukugcoba ngamanzi anosawoti afudumele, ukuncela izingqimba zeqhwa, noma ukuthatha imishanguzo ongayisebenzisi njenge-acetaminophen, ibuprofen, noma amaswidi.
Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi kokubheja nganoma iyiphi yalezi zindlela ukukhulula umphimbo obuhlungu, kunjalo kubalulekile ukukhipha ukuthi yi-pharyngitis noma i-tonsillitis. Izimpawu ezidalwa yi-strep zivame ukuba nzima kakhulu kunalezo zegciwane elibandayo, futhi zibandakanya umphimbo obuhlungu ngokuzumayo, ukulahlekelwa isifiso sokudla, ubuhlungu lapho ugwinya, ukunuka komoya, ukuvuvukala kwezindlala zezintamo entanyeni noma amalaka abomvu anezindawo ezimhlophe, nomkhuhlane. Uma sisola ukuthi sine-pharyngitis noma i-tonsillitis, kufanele siye kudokotela ukuqala imishanguzo ehambisanayo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umphimbo wakho obuhlungu uhambisana nekhala eligobayo, ukuthimula, ukukhwehlela, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ukuqaqamba komzimba nomkhuhlane, kungenzeka ukuthi kubangelwa igciwane elijwayelekile elibandayo. Futhi uma umphimbo obuhlungu uzizela wodwa, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kwezinye izimpawu, kungahle kube ngenxa yokubhema, ukungcoliswa komoya, okucasula umoya, ukungezwani nezinto ezithile noma indawo eyomile, kodwa uma lolu hlobo lobuhlungu luqhubeka, yenza isikhathi sokuhlangana. Udokotela ukuthola ukuthi konke kuhamba kahle ngokuhlolwa.