What is the main cause of pharyngitis?

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Pharyngitis is the inflammation of pharyngeal mucosa and submucosal tissue, which is often a part of upper respiratory tract infection. According to the length of the course and the nature of pathological changes, it can be divided into acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis. Here is a question and answer network experts to introduce several factors leading to pharyngitis, we come to understand.

What is the main cause of pharyngitis?

Local factors: acute pharyngitis repeated attacks or delayed treatment to chronic pharyngitis; Suffering from a variety of nasal diseases, due to nasal obstruction and long-term mouth breathing and nasal secretions, or chronic tonsillitis, caries and other effects, are the causes of pharyngitis.

Physical and chemical factors stimulation: such as dust, neck radiotherapy, long-term exposure to chemical gases, excessive tobacco and alcohol can cause pharyngitis.

Systemic factors: the etiology of pharyngitis is also related to various chronic diseases, such as anemia, constipation, chronic inflammation of lower respiratory tract, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, liver and kidney diseases, etc.

matters needing attention

Eat less or no spicy food. Because laryngopharyngitis has been bad may be related to diet, if long-term use of some spicy and other parts of the throat has a very light irritant food, laryngopharyngitis will be good slowly.