What causes throat pain?

Some people often feel sore throats. Most people have sore throats due to colds. In general, sore throats will cause yellow phlegm in the throat. If you have frequent sore throats, you must actively seek treatment, otherwise it is easy to cause tonsillitis. At this time, the patient may have a high fever. So what is the cause of sore throats?

What to do if you often have a sore throat

1. Sore throat may be caused by tonsillitis

Cause: Chinese medicine reminds that if you have a sore throat it is mostly caused by a cold, but it may also be caused by excessive fatigue, seasonal changes, and poor physical condition.

Symptoms: Sore throat, occasionally accompanied by fever. It may also cause stroke or complications such as nephritis.

Recommendation: 1. If the fever caused by sore throat does not subside within 2-3 days, you should seek medical attention immediately.

2. It is best not to overwork when you have a fever. Pay attention to home care, avoid cold wind, and try to choose liquid food to reduce the burden on your throat.

3. In hot and dry seasons, it is best to eat less spicy and irritating foods and avoid fatigue. The key is to prevent colds.

2. What to do if you have a sore throat

1. Eating kumquats - a foreign body sensation in the throat

When you have a sore throat, you can eat kumquats with the skin. Kumquat peel is rich in nutrients, containing vitamin C and calcium, and has an anti-inflammatory effect on the throat. You can also drink kumquats with water. It is better to soak the slices in water and add rock sugar. In fact, kumquat leaves are also effective for sore throats.

2. Eating pears - fever and sore throat

Pears have the effects of reducing fever, clearing the throat and relieving pain. It can relieve the pain in people's throat caused by fever, and can also reduce phlegm and relieve cough. When you have a sore throat, you can make rock sugar and pear water to relieve the symptoms. Cut the pear into slices, put it in a pot, add a small amount of water, then add rock sugar and boil it before drinking. Good for sore throat. You can also use pears to make pear juice for drinking.

What should you do if you have a sore throat? In fact, most sore throats are caused by colds. You should pay attention to preventing colds at all times and avoid eating spicy and irritating foods frequently.

Why does my throat hurt so often?

Pharyngeal pain caused by pharyngeal diseases mainly includes:

Acute bacterial pharyngeal diseases: such as acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, lingual tonsillitis, pharyngitis, peritonsillar abscess, etc. It is mostly caused by hemolytic streptococci, staphylococci, and pneumococci.

Throat pain caused by special diseases: such as pharyngeal tuberculosis, pharyngeal lupus, chronic tuberculous ulcers of the pharynx, scleroderma, ulcerative membranous pharyngitis, etc.

Sore throats caused by diseases of adjacent organs mainly include:

Odontogenic pharyngitis: impacted teeth and pericoronitis, purulent cellulitis of the floor of mouth, glossitis, ulcers at the root of tongue, and abscesses at the root of tongue.

Laryngeal sore throat: acute epiglottitis and abscess, laryngeal perichondritis, laryngeal trauma, cricoarytenoid arthritis, and advanced oral ulcerative tuberculosis.

Rhinogenic thrombosis: acute rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal malignancy.

Cervicogenic sore throat: carotid artery sore throat, cervical protrusion syndrome, cervical spondylosis, and thyroiditis.

Esophageal thrombosis: foreign body in the upper esophagus, esophagitis.

The main causes of sore throat are:

Acute upper respiratory tract inflammation-induced pharyngitis: It is more common, and common causes include colds, adenovirus infection, and acute adenovirus infection.

Respiratory tract inflammation, pharyngoconjunctival fever, C virus herpetic pharyngitis, herpetic stomatitis, infectious mononucleosis.

Acute infectious diseases: When diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, chickenpox, measles, typhus, kala-azar, relapsing fever, and epidemic hemorrhagic fever occur, most patients will experience sore throat.

Sore throat due to hematological diseases: Sore throat may also occur in patients with acute leukemia with necrotizing pharyngitis, lymphocytic leukemia, agranulocytosis pharyngitis, thrombocytopenic purpura, iron deficiency anemia, polycythemia, etc.

Some of the diseases mentioned in the article may cause sore throat, so when we have sore throat, we cannot ignore it. A sore throat should not be treated as a minor illness and neglected for treatment. Because sore throat may also be caused by systemic diseases, it also needs our attention. Timely treatment can lead to quick recovery.