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Your throat filing a formal complaint about everything swallowing past it.
means Inflammation of the pharynx (the throat area behind the mouth and nasal cavity), usually causing soreness, scratchiness, or pain, often from infection or irritation.
from Built from Greek 'pharynx' (meaning throat) plus the medical suffix '-itis' (meaning inflammation), the same suffix that turns joints into arthritis and appendixes into appendicitis — a 19th-century habit of naming ailments by just appending 'itis' to whatever body part was complaining.
- usual cause
- viruses mostly, antibiotics often useless
- strep check
- only group A strep needs antibiotics
- peak misery
- worse on swallowing, better on ice cream
- duration
- typically resolves within a week