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Throat Disorders
Also called: Pharyngeal disorders
Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx. The technical name for throat is pharynx.
Throat problems are common. You've probably had a sore throat. The cause is usually a viral infection, but other causes include allergies, infection with strep bacteria or the upward movement of stomach acids into the esophagus, called gastric reflux.
Other problems that affect the throat include
Most throat problems are minor and go away on their own. Treatments, when needed, depend on the problem.
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- Throat Problems(American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Also available in Spanish
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Overviews
- Throat Disorders(Merck & Co., Inc.)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Neck Swelling(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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- Strep Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Throat Problems(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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- X-Ray Exam: Neck(Nemours Foundation)
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Nutrition
- Mouth or Throat Pain or Sores(American Cancer Society)
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Specific Conditions
- Epiglottitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hoarseness(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Laryngitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Peritonsillar Abscess(InteliHealth, Harvard Medical School)
- Polychondritis(InteliHealth, Harvard Medical School)
- Strep Throat(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Strep Throat(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Related Issues
- Candidiasis(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux) and LPR (Laryngopharyngeal Reflux)(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
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Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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- Post-Nasal Drip(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
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Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis or Laryngeal Papillomatosis(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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Pictures & Photographs
- Throat Culture(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Anatomy/Physiology
- Esophagus(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Parts of the Throat (Pharynx)(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Throat Anatomy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Croup(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Laryngeal Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pharyngeal Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Laryngitis(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Croup
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
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Directories
- Find an Otolaryngologist (ENT)(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
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Organizations
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Children
- Congenital High Airway Obstruction (CHAOS)(Children's Hospital Boston)
- Croup(American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Croup(Nemours Foundation)
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- Laryngitis(Nemours Foundation)
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- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Children(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Scarlet Fever(Nemours Foundation)
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- Scoop on Strep Throat(Nemours Foundation)
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- Strep Throat(Nemours Foundation)
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- When a Sore Throat Is a More Serious Infection(American Academy of Pediatrics)
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Teenagers
- Strep Throat(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Acute upper airway obstruction
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- Croup
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- Epiglottitis
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- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
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- Herpangina
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- Laryngitis
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- Laryngoscopy
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- Oropharynx lesion biopsy
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- Retropharyngeal abscess
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- Strep throat
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