What are the classifications of pharyngitis and laryngitis?

Pharyngitis is a disease with a higher incidence in recent years. Pharyngitis has a great impact on the body, mainly manifested in breathing disorders, eating disorders and so on. People suffering from pharyngitis experience a significant decline in physical functions, especially a serious decline in resistance, resulting in frequent occurrence of various diseases. Let’s take a look at the classifications of pharyngitis and laryngitis.

Pharyngitis is a disease caused by bacteria and can be divided into acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis.

Acute pharyngitis:

It is usually caused by viruses, and secondarily by bacteria. It is most common in winter and spring. It is often secondary to acute rhinitis, acute sinusitis, acute tonsillitis, and is often a complication of infectious diseases such as measles, influenza, and scarlet fever. Catching cold, fatigue, long-term stimulation by chemical gases or dust, excessive smoking, etc., can reduce the body's resistance and easily promote the onset of the disease. In adults, the main symptoms are in the pharynx. At the beginning of the disease, the pharynx will feel dry, itchy, and burning, and gradually become painful. The pain worsens when swallowing, and the saliva increases. If the lateral pharyngeal cord is affected, there will be obvious ear pain. For weak adults or children, systemic symptoms are obvious, including fever, chills, headache, loss of appetite, and sore limbs.

Chronic pharyngitis:

It is mainly due to repeated attacks of acute pharyngitis due to incomplete treatment, turning into a chronic disease, or due to various nasal diseases, nasal obstruction, long-term mouth breathing, physical, chemical factors, neck radiotherapy, etc. that often stimulate the pharynx. Various chronic diseases throughout the body, such as anemia, constipation, chronic inflammation of the lower respiratory tract, cardiovascular disease, etc., can also cause this disease secondarily. The patient feels discomfort in the throat, which may be dry, itchy, or swollen, with excessive secretions and burning pain, easy nausea, a foreign body sensation, and difficulty in coughing up or swallowing. The above symptoms worsen when talking too much, eating too much spicy food, feeling tired, or when the weather changes. Breathing and smoking are unobstructed.

Friends who have symptoms such as dry and itchy throat, burning sensation, gradual pain, aggravated pain when swallowing, and increased saliva must check in time to identify which type of pharyngitis they have and prescribe the right medicine for timely treatment, so that they can get better faster and live a better life.