Pharyngitis - an acute or chronic inflammation of a mucosa of pharynx.

The pharyngitis acute seldom happens isolated, is more often combined with an acute inflammation of the top respiratory ways (a flu, catarrh respiratory ways, various infectious diseases). The isolated lesion of a mucosa of pharynx can be observed at immediate influence on it of stimuluses, such, as long respiration through a mouth and conversation on a cold, smoking, alcohol, hot and cold nutrition, etc.

Signs, current. The body temperature can be subfebrile. The general condition, as a rule, suffers a little. At a pharyngoscope a mucosa of pharynx, including palatine tonsils, places on it mucopurulent scurfs, sometimes on a back wall of pharynx act in the form of red grains separate follicles, tongue hydropic. At children of younger age (till 2 years) disease proceeds more hardly. It is more often combined with an inflammation of a mucosa of a nasopharynx and an acute catarral rhinitis. Nasal respiration is broken. The acute pharyngitis should be differentiated with a catarral angina.

Pharyngitis chronic. Distinguish atrophic, catarral and hypertrophic forms. Develops from an acute pharyngitis if longly do not eliminate the stimuluses acting on a mucosa drinks. The rhinitis, a tonsillitis, purulent inflammations of adnexal sinuses of a nose, caries of a teeth, disturbances of a metabolism, illness of heart, lungs, kidneys, etc. the Pharyngitis chronic atrophic promote occurrence of a chronic pharyngitis, as a rule, is combined with an atrophy of a mucosa of a nose (see the Rhinitis atrophic).

Signs. Sensation of dryness, quite often dry tussis, fast fatigability of a voice.