Pharyngitis
Disease information
Pharyngitis
The
pharynx
is an organ located in the throat and although it comprises of the digestive
system
in where its main
function
is the swallowing of foods, by its location, shares
functions
of the
respiratory
system
and the sense of the pleasure.
The
pharynx
can become inflamed for many reasons, that they can be
infectious
, of
smoking
much, environmental, like the exhibition to dust, smoke of the cigarette and other polluting agents, to sing in excess, by
allergies
, to have
polyps
, oral
cancer
that is of the mouth or throat and other reasons.
Also one becomes inflamed like result of other
diseases
like varicela, the
paperas
, difteria,
herpes
or by
diseases
of
sexual
transmission, like clamidia and the
gonorrhea
.
When the
pharynx
gets to become inflamed by
infection
, generally it must to an
infection
caused by virus or
bacteria
, in this case takes place
a
faringitis.
The faringitis can begin after an
infectious
process like gripas, resfriados, tonsilitis in which case receives the name of faringoamigdalitis, or by other
diseases
as the
infectious
mononucleosis
or
disease
of the kiss or by some of
sexual
transmission like the
gonorrhea
.
Between the virus most
common
that they cause faringitis are: rinovirus, coronavirus, adenovirus,
influenza
and parainfluenza.
When it is caused by
bacteria
, most
common
they are: estreptococo hemolítico beta, neumococo, mycoplasma neuminiae, estafilococo aureus and haemophylus
influenza
.
This
disease
affects of special way to
children
and young people between the 4 and 15 years, although also it appears in adult people.
It is
transmitted
by means of the gotitas of saliva that an ill person expels when speaking, toser or to sneeze, reason why is very important to learn to cover the mouth and nose, mainly when toser or sneezing, to avoid the dissemination of the microorganisms by the air.
Although the faringitis of viral
origin
affect much during the
winter
time, also usually are increased those of
bacterial
type during the
change
of stations, mainly in the
spring
.
Most frequent they are the estreptocócicas faringitis, that pronounce by the fast irritation of throat and very acute pain accompanied by fever.
Generally, this type of
infection
appears between the 5 and 25 years of age and if it does not treat suitably, it can propagate to other organs and cause irreversible damage to the heart and to the kidneys.
One of the most serious complications of the faringitis is the
rheumatic
fever,
disease
that affects the heart.
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