Illness with sore throat

Sore throat is an inflammation of the throat or pharynx area. Sore throat is actually not a disease. He is just a symptom of various diseases that arise. In medical terminology, commonly called strep throat with a sore throat or pharyngitis.

As with many types of inflammation, sore throat can be acute - characterized by rapid and usually begins a relatively short course - or chronic.

Acute laryngitis may cause swollen tonsils that causes difficulty breathing and swallowing, sometimes accompanied by a cough or fever.

Causes of Sore Throat

Sore throat may be caused by a variety of causes, could be due to viral infections, bacterial infections, fungal infections to allergies and irritation, including the following:

* Virus, 80% of sore throats caused by viruses, can cause fever.
* Coughs and colds. Where cough and mucus (snot) can make a throat irritation.
* Coxsackie virus (Hand, foot, and mouth disease).
* Allergies. Allergies can cause mild irritation of the throat that are chronic (permanent).
* The bacteria streptococcus, confirmed by throat culture. This test is usually done in a laboratory using the patient's throat. Can be found in the classic symptoms of streptococcus bacteria, such as severe pain when swallowing, white spots appear, vomiting - vomiting, purulent thyroid gland, accompanied by enlargement of the gland tonsil.
* Smoking.

From various causes, the most common cause is a viral infection. The bacteria that most commonly cause sore throat is strep bacteria around 15-30 per cent of cases

Phenomenon
Sore throat because strep infections recognizable symptoms as follows:

* Tonsils and swollen neck glands berwarana the back of a bright red throat with white patches.
* Fever is often higher than 38 degrees celsius and is often accompanied by a sense of chills,
* Pain when swallowing.

Streptococcal inflammation require medical assistance because if the cause is strep germs and do not get adequate antibiotics, the disease will worsen and can attack the germs that cause heart valve disease Rhematik Fever.

Problems with sore throat or pharyngitis is usually more severe condition of patients that are difficult to swallow, could not even eat. This condition will certainly reduce the intake of a nutritious food needed by the body so that it will disturb the healing process.

On infection with sore throat caused by the influenza virus is contagious and very easily spread. In this condition, inflammation lasts about three to ten days. Typically, inflammation was more severe in the morning and will be improved with the passing days. Usually accompanied by a sense of malaise, appetite decrease, fever, and cough. Sore throat is also found in other viral infections such as ulcers and measles. Body needs a week to develop antibodies to destroy these viruses.

Infectious mononucleosis, or which is generally caused by a virus called Epstein Barr Mono, and require a longer time for this sembuh.Virus affects the lymphatic system, causing enlargement of the tonsils and white patches appear on the surface. In addition, there is also swelling of the vessels in the neck.

In most cases, these complaints will subside by itself. In order to relieve the pain, the doctor usually provides pain reliever medicine that nature. For example acetaminophen (paracetamol) or ibuprofen can help to overcome the pain and fever. Gargling with warm salt water also helps. Can also with anesthetic mouthwash (Anestheticthroat gargle).