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faringitis
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Pharyngitis is an inflammation of the back of the throat that causes a sore throat and fever, often accompanied by other symptoms like cough, difficulty swallowing, and swollen lymph nodes. While symptoms typically resolve in 3–5 days, the condition matters because it can sometimes lead to complications such as sinusitis or ear infections.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Pharyngitis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Acute sore throat
- Medical condition (new).image
- Pharyngitis.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Viral pharyngitis resulting in visible redness
- Medical condition (new).field
- Infectious disease, family medicine, otorhinolaryngology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Sore throat, fever, runny nose, cough, headache, hoarse voice
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Sinusitis, acute otitis media
- Medical condition (new).duration
- 3–10 days, depending on cause
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Usually viral infection
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Based on symptoms, rapid antigen detection test, throat swab
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Epiglottitis, thyroiditis, retropharyngeal abscess
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Lidocaine, NSAIDs, antibiotics (if bacterial)
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- ~7.5% of people in any 3-month period
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Research
21,004 papers- Pharyngitis.ReviewPrimary care · 2025Holley A, Wiggill SDOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2024.09.011
- Pharyngitis.ReviewPrimary care · 2014Weber RDOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.010
- Pharyngitis.ReviewPrimary care · 1996Middleton DBDOI: 10.1016/s0095-4543(05)70359-6
- [Chronic pharyngitis. Modern approaches to diagnosis and treatment].ReviewVestnik otorinolaringologii · 2023Tovmasyan AS, Filina EV, Golubeva LI et al.DOI: 10.17116/otorino20228803156
- Streptococcal acute pharyngitis.ReviewRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2014Anjos LM, Marcondes MB, Lima MF et al.DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0265-2013
- Streptococcal pharyngitis in children: to treat or not to treat?ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2014Van Brusselen D, Vlieghe E, Schelstraete P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2395-2
- Pharyngitis.ReviewJournal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975) · 2001Gillespie MB
- Pharyngitis in children.ReviewPostgraduate medicine · 1993Feldman WEDOI: 10.1080/00325481.1993.11701627
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Pharyngitis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pharyngitis
- health specialty
- otolaryngology
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26851
- ICPC 2 ID
- R72
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0019150
- different from
- laryngitis
- ICD-9-CM
- 478.20
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- anatomical location
- pharynx
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Article · Español
La faringitis es la inflamación de la mucosa que reviste la faringe. Generalmente le acompañan síntomas como deglución difícil, amígdalas inflamadas y fiebre más o menos elevada. Existe faringitis crónica de larga duración y faringitis aguda, en esta última las causas más frecuentes son las infecciones víricas, y en algunas ocasiones, infecciones bacterianas o reacciones alérgicas. Los principales agentes causantes bacterianos son Streptococcus pyogenes y Haemophilus influenzae.
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