Is pharyngitis contagious?

With the faster and faster development of modernization, people's pace of life is also getting faster and faster, so people eat a variety of things, so the chance of getting sick is also getting greater. It mainly depends on the development of the disease, so it is divided into acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis. However, in normal times, we still pay attention to some relatively hot foods, which is the best.

Is pharyngitis really contagious? The answer is obviously not. It’s just that when the disease first occurs, the throat will be drier and more painful, and in severe cases, there will be a fever. But this is not scary. Seek prompt treatment. Below is some information about the transmission of pharyngitis.

1. In acute pharyngitis, systemic toxic reactions such as fever, fear of cold, headache, body aches, poor appetite, dry stool and thirst may also occur except sore throat. When there is a bacterial infection, the number of white blood cells in the blood increases. If the throat pain is severe, it will affect swallowing and cause nutritional and metabolic disorders in the body. If not treated in time or recurs, it may become chronic; if the infection spreads upward and affects the ears and nose, it may lead to acute rhinitis, sinusitis, and acute otitis media; if it develops downward, it may invade the larynx, trachea and other lower respiratory tracts, causing acute laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia; if pathogenic bacteria and toxins invade the blood circulation, it may cause systemic complications such as acute nephritis, sepsis, rheumatism, etc., which are extremely harmful to the body.

2. Patients with chronic pharyngitis often feel discomfort in the throat. If they get cold, tired, talk a lot, or have not drunk water for a long time, they will feel worse pain and burning in the throat. The itching in the throat causes bursts of irritating coughs, which affects their rest. If it is dry or atrophic pharyngitis, the throat will be obviously dry, and it will be difficult to speak and swallow saliva. You need to drink water frequently to moisten the throat, and you may even need to get up several times at night to drink water. However, it can only temporarily relieve the symptoms, and the throat will soon feel dry again. Some people need soup to swallow dry and hard food when eating.

3. Some patients experience a foreign body sensation in the throat and often make grunting and swallowing movements in the hope of expelling the foreign body. However, these ineffective throat clearing movements can only aggravate the original discomfort. The patient then suspects that he has a tumor in his pharynx, throat or esophagus, which causes a heavy mental burden and depression. Some people snore during sleep due to thickening of the pharyngeal mucosa, which affects breathing.

Through the above understanding and introduction, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the transmission of pharyngitis. At the same time, I also hope that the above content can be helpful to everyone. At the same time, in daily life, everyone should eat some food that is not too hot. Eat something light and the most important thing is to develop a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.