What is Pharyngitis and what is it cause from?

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What is Pharyngitis and what is it cause from?

Answer 1

Definition

Sore throat, also called pharyngitis, is a painful inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. It is a symptom of many conditions, but most often is associated with colds or influenza. Sore throat may be caused by either viral or bacterial infections or environmental conditions. Most sore throats heal without complications, but they should not be ignored because some develop into serious illnesses.

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Almost everyone gets a sore throat at one time or another, although children in child care or grade school have them more often than adolescents and adults. Sore throats are most common during the winter months when upper respiratory infections (colds) are more frequent.

Sore throats can be either acute or chronic. Acute sore throats are the more common. They appear suddenly and last from three to about seven days. A chronic sore throat lasts much longer and is a symptom of an unresolved underlying condition or disease, such as a sinus infection.

Answer 2

I believe it's a painful inflammation of the pharynx (and tonsils), more commonly called a sore throat.  Usually caused by a virus or bacterial infection, but sometimes by a fungal infection.

Try Google, it should help you.

Answer 3

A sore throat, also called a throat infection or pharyngitis, is a painful inflammation of the pharynx — the back portion of the throat that includes the last third of the tongue, the soft palate and the tonsils (fleshy tissue that are part of the throat's immune defenses). The most common cause of sore throat is infection with bacteria or a virus.

Because an infection of the pharyx almost always involves the tonsils as well, tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils) was once a common name for infectious pharyngitis.

Currently in the United States, infectious pharyngitis accounts for almost 10 million visits to doctors' offices each year, and sore throat is among the top 10 complaints of people who seek treatment in emergency rooms. In about 85 percent of cases, throat infection is caused by a virus. Although people who have the flu (influenza), cold sores (oral herpes simplex) or infectious mononucleosis ("mono") also commonly have a sore throat, these viral infections usually cause other telltale symptoms in addition to throat pain.

In regions that have warm summers and cool winters, viral pharyngitis typically peaks during the winter and early spring, a time when people often are close together in poorly ventilated rooms.