What are the early symptoms of chronic pharyngitis? What are the symptoms of chronic pharyngitis?

Throat discomfort, hoarseness, dry cough, and pain when swallowing are all symptoms of chronic pharyngitis. The disease is more likely to occur during the change of seasons. It is usually a viral infection. If not treated in time, it will cause other diseases. So what are the early symptoms of chronic pharyngitis?

Symptoms of chronic pharyngitis:

Long-term sensation of foreign body in the throat, burning sensation, dry itching, or mild cough and sore throat. The patient's swallowing function was normal, but he felt obvious discomfort when swallowing empty stomach. Overwork, talking too much, exposure to cold, excessive smoking and drinking, and mental stimulation can aggravate symptoms.

Clinically, it can be divided into three types.

1. Chronic simple pharyngitis

The pharyngeal mucosa is congested to varying degrees, the submucosal tissue proliferates, and there are scattered enlarged and congested lymph nodes on the posterior pharyngeal wall.

2. Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis

The pharyngeal mucosa is obviously thickened, the uvula is enlarged and drooping, the lateral pharyngeal cords are hypertrophic and congested in strands, and the lymph nodules on the posterior pharyngeal wall are obviously proliferating and even fused into pieces.

3. Chronic atrophic pharyngitis

It is often secondary to atrophic rhinitis, with thinning of the pharyngeal mucosa. The atrophy is most obvious in the posterior pharyngeal mucosa, which is dry, dull and wrinkled, often covered with a thin crust. This disease can also be seen after radiation therapy to the pharynx.

Signs:

① Chronic simple pharyngitis: diffuse congestion of the mucosa, dilation of small blood vessels, dark red color, with a small amount of viscous secretions.

②Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis: mucosal thickening, diffuse congestion, dark red color. The lymphoid follicles on the posterior pharyngeal wall proliferate, become congested and swollen, and are distributed in dot-like patterns or fuse into masses. The lateral pharyngeal cords on both sides are also congested and thickened.

③ Atrophic or dry pharyngitis: The mucosa is dry, atrophic and thin, pale and shiny like wax paper, and has pus scabs attached. The sensation and reflexes of the pharynx are reduced, and there are also sticky secretions or purulent crusts in the nasopharynx. Sometimes the outline of the cervical vertebrae can be seen on the posterior pharyngeal wall. If the early atrophic changes are not obvious and only dryness is present, it is called dry pharyngitis.