Symptoms of pharyngitis?
Symptoms of pharyngitis
The main symptoms of acute pharyngolaryngitis are acute onset, dry and burning throat at the beginning; Then there is pain, and the sore throat is often more obvious when swallowing saliva than when eating; May be accompanied by fever, headache, loss of appetite and limb pain; Invasion of the throat may be accompanied by hoarseness and cough.
The main symptoms of chronic pharyngolaryngitis are throat discomfort, dryness, itching, abdominal distension, excessive secretion and burning pain, easy dryness, foreign body sensation and inability to cough. The above symptoms will be aggravated especially after talking more, eating irritating food, fatigue or weather changes.
1. Simple pharyngitis is characterized by chronic congestion of pharyngeal mucosa, hyperplasia of submucosal connective tissue and mucous glands, and more pharyngeal secretions.
2. Hypertrophic pharyngitis is mainly characterized by lymphoid tissue hyperplasia in the pharynx, and there are granular hyperplasia tissues of different sizes in the posterior pharyngeal wall, sometimes even in pieces, and the posterior pharyngeal wall is obviously thickened.
3. Atrophic pharyngitis is mainly characterized by atrophic changes, thinning of pharyngeal mucosa and submucosal tissue, reduction of blood vessels and glands, and often accompanied by atrophic rhinitis. Atrophic pharyngitis can be seen that the pharyngeal mucosa is dry, even shiny and smooth.
4. Pharyngitis sicca only manifests as pharyngeal mucosa dryness. The patient felt discomfort in the pharynx, with foreign body sensation, itching, dryness and slight pain. Secretions are more or less viscous and often adhere to the posterior pharyngeal wall, causing irritation and cough. Frequent coughing up pharyngeal secretions in the morning can cause nausea and vomiting. Chronic congestion of the pharynx, crimson or dark red, or dilation of small blood vessels, thickening of mucous membrane of pharyngeal arch, granular or flaky lymphatic follicles in the back wall, and secretions often attached to the surface.