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An upper respiratory infection like the common cold, the flu, or COVID-19 Environmental irritants like smoke or dust A lower respiratory tract infections like bronchitis or pneumonia
Symptoms to watch for in 2025 include sore throat and fatigue. Lindsey Leake. Updated January 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM. ... For more on COVID-19: The COVID winter wave has arrived. Here’s where it ...
[1] [2] Common symptoms include coughing, fever, loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia), with less common ones including headaches, nasal congestion and runny nose, muscle pain, sore throat, diarrhea, eye irritation, [3] and toes swelling or turning purple, [4] and in moderate to severe cases, breathing difficulties. [5]
“The exact [way] COVID-19 causes a sore throat is not fully understood, but it is thought to be related to the virus’s ability to bind to ACE2 receptors in the throat and upper respiratory ...
Throat swab. Differentiating a viral and a bacterial cause of a sore throat based on symptoms alone is difficult. [29] Thus, a throat swab often is done to rule out a bacterial cause. [30] The modified Centor criteria may be used to determine the management of people with pharyngitis. Based on five clinical criteria, it indicates the ...
The BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce and toast) can work well.Try a little food and see how you feel, then eat a little more as you can tolerate it. “Avoid aggravating GI symptoms by not ...
A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat or strep throat), possibly from the common ...
Take OTC pain meds: Pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) can help ease the agony of a sore throat. If you are able to take ibuprofen, some studies show that ...