Many people mistakenly assume that pharyngitis is just a common throat condition that will quickly recover after some time. In fact, this view is incorrect. If pharyngitis is not treated in time, its effects can be very serious. Let's learn more from the following article.
1. The harm of pharyngitis first leads to a decrease in pharyngeal resistance. When encountering changes in climate such as cold, heat, dryness, and humidity, the warming and humidifying regulatory functions of the mucosa weaken, ciliary activity and phagocytic function become insufficient, making it easier for bacteria and viruses to stay and multiply locally, becoming a chronic infection site. This makes one prone to catching colds, adult snoring, acute attacks of pharyngitis, repeated infections, vocal polyps, and difficulty in complete recovery.
2. The course of pharyngitis is relatively long, its symptoms are stubborn, and it is difficult to cure, often resulting from repeated episodes of acute pharyngitis. This is another point that shows the harm of pharyngitis cannot be ignored. Pharyngitis can affect normal eating habits; dryness or atrophic pharyngitis causes throat dryness, making speaking and swallowing saliva feel strenuous, necessitating frequent water intake to moisten the throat. Sometimes pharyngitis can also affect normal rest, as thickened pharyngeal mucosa affects breathing during sleep, leading to habitual snoring and reducing sleep quality.
3. The harm of pharyngitis may even touch on psychological aspects. Some people with pharyngitis may feel a foreign body sensation in the throat, frequently trying to clear their throat or swallow to expel the foreign object. These ineffective throat-clearing actions only worsen the original discomfort, leading them to suspect tumors in the throat or esophagus, causing significant mental stress and depression. Some individuals experience bad breath due to inflammatory secretions and bacteria stagnation, affecting others and bringing themselves distress.
The above describes the specific harms of having pharyngitis. Therefore, we hope everyone takes the disease of pharyngitis seriously and seeks medical treatment promptly upon discovering it. If you have other questions about pharyngitis, you can contact our online experts for answers.
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