pharyngitis
noun
phar·yn·gi·tis
ˌfer-ən-ˈjī-təs 
ˌfa-rən-
plural pharyngitides
ˌfer-ən-ˈji-tə-ˌdēz
ˌfa-rən-
: inflammation of the pharynx
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Throat Infections Throat infections such as viral pharyngitis (sore throat) and bacterial strep throat can cause pain when swallowing.
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Laura Schober, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Viral Infections Viral infections are the most common causes of both pharyngitis and cobblestone throat.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 Sep. 2024
Reasons for hospitalization include the need for management of severe pain, but also pharyngitis limiting oral intake, encephalitis (brain inflammation), eye lesions, acute kidney injury and myocarditis (heart inflammation).
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Other reasons cited for hospitalizations included pharyngitis limiting oral intake, encephalitis (brain inflammation), eye lesions, acute kidney injury, and myocarditis (heart inflammation).
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Bacterial infections: Bacterial infections such as streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) can cause intense pain when swallowing.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 July 2024
The other infection could have been pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, the common cold, an ear infection, or a different upper or lower respiratory infection.
—Maggie O’Neill, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
Around 13% of the people in the study had been diagnosed with Covid at least four weeks before, and another 4.6% had been diagnosed with non-Covid acute respiratory infections, such as influenza, common cold, bronchitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis and ear infection.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
The analysis focused on the same diagnoses as those examined in the Hawaii study: asthma with exacerbation, acute bronchitis, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis including streptococcal pharyngitis, acute conjunctivitis, cough, headache, all pneumonias, and other acute airway problems.
—Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2021
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Laura Schober, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Viral Infections Viral infections are the most common causes of both pharyngitis and cobblestone throat.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 Sep. 2024
Reasons for hospitalization include the need for management of severe pain, but also pharyngitis limiting oral intake, encephalitis (brain inflammation), eye lesions, acute kidney injury and myocarditis (heart inflammation).
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Other reasons cited for hospitalizations included pharyngitis limiting oral intake, encephalitis (brain inflammation), eye lesions, acute kidney injury, and myocarditis (heart inflammation).
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Bacterial infections: Bacterial infections such as streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) can cause intense pain when swallowing.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 July 2024
The other infection could have been pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, the common cold, an ear infection, or a different upper or lower respiratory infection.
—Maggie O’Neill, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
Around 13% of the people in the study had been diagnosed with Covid at least four weeks before, and another 4.6% had been diagnosed with non-Covid acute respiratory infections, such as influenza, common cold, bronchitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis and ear infection.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
The analysis focused on the same diagnoses as those examined in the Hawaii study: asthma with exacerbation, acute bronchitis, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis including streptococcal pharyngitis, acute conjunctivitis, cough, headache, all pneumonias, and other acute airway problems.
—Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2021
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pharyngitis
noun
phar·yn·gi·tis
ˌfar-ən-ˈjīt-əs
plural pharyngitides
-ˈjit-ə-ˌdēz
: inflammation of the pharynx (as from bacterial infection)
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