Pharyngitis cold symptom?

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Acute pharyngitis is an acute inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, involving submucosa and lymphoid tissue. It is often secondary to acute rhinitis or acute tonsillitis or a part of upper respiratory tract infection. It is often the local manifestation of systemic diseases or the precursor symptom of acute infectious diseases.

Pharyngitis cold symptom?

The onset of the disease is acute. The pharynx is dry and hot at the beginning, and then the pain is aggravated when swallowing, and it can radiate to the ear. Sometimes the whole body is uncomfortable, the joints are sour, headache, loss of appetite, and fever of different degrees.

The oropharyngeal mucosa showed acute diffuse congestion and swelling. The lymphoid follicles in the posterior pharyngeal wall were swollen and congested. When the lateral pharyngeal cord was involved, the lateral wall of oropharynx had longitudinal cord like protrusion and hyperemia. When the infection is serious, the uvula and soft palate may appear edema. The lymph nodes of mandibular angle may be enlarged with tenderness. The severity of the disease is related to many factors. If it is a highly virulent bacterial infection, the total number of peripheral white blood cells and the classification of neutrophils are very high, and the systemic symptoms are serious. In order to identify pathogenic bacteria, throat swab culture and bacterial susceptibility test are often used.

The disease is often caused by cold, excessive fatigue, excessive smoking and alcohol, which leads to the decline of systemic and local resistance, and pathogenic microorganisms take advantage of the deficiency to cause the disease. Excessive fatigue refers to the sub-health state of exhaustion caused by long working hours, excessive labor intensity and heavy psychological pressure. Its biggest hidden danger is to cause the rapid deterioration of underlying diseases, such as hypertension and other basic diseases, cerebrovascular disease or cardiovascular disease and other acute circulatory disorders, and even fatal symptoms. This kind of sudden death induced by long-term chronic fatigue is also called "karoshi".

matters needing attention

According to the acute onset, pharyngeal pain and diffuse congestion of pharyngeal mucosa, the diagnosis of this disease is not difficult. Some acute infectious diseases (such as measles, scarlet fever, influenza, pertussis, etc.) have symptoms and signs similar to acute pharyngitis, which should be differentiated. In order to avoid misdiagnosis, attention should be paid to buccal mucosa and skin of children.