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Throat Disorders

Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx. The technical name for your throat is the pharynx.

Throat problems are common. You've probably had a sore throat. The cause is usually a viral infection, but other causes include allergies, infection with strep bacteria or the leaking of stomach acids back up into the esophagus, called GERD.

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  1. Throat Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx. The technical name for your throat is the pharynx. Throat problems are common. You' ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/throatdisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Sore Throat (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx (also ... the voice box). The technical name for the throat is pharynx. You can have a sore throat ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/sorethroat.html - Health Topics
  3. Throat Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Throat cancer is a type of head and neck cancer. Throat cancer has different names, depending on which part of the throat is affected. The different parts of your throat ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/throatcancer.html - Health Topics
  4. Throat swab culture 
    A throat swab culture is a laboratory test that is done to identify germs that may cause infection in the throat. It is most often used to diagnose strep ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003746.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Streptococcal Infections (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... and group B. Group A strep causes: Strep throat - a sore, red throat. Your tonsils may be swollen and have white ... them. Scarlet fever - an illness that follows strep throat. It causes a red rash on the body. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/streptococcalinfections.html - Health Topics
  6. Strep throat 
    Strep throat is a disease that causes a sore throat (pharyngitis). It is an infection with a bacteria called ... Strep throat is most common in children from ages 5 and 15, although anyone can get it. Strep throat ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000639.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Pharyngitis - sore throat 
    Pharyngitis, or sore throat, is discomfort, pain, or scratchiness in the throat. It often makes it painful to swallow. ... caused by swelling in the back of the throat (pharynx) between the tonsils and the voice box ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000655.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Throat or larynx cancer 
    Throat cancer is cancer of the vocal cords, larynx (voice box), pharynx, or other areas of the throat. ... or use tobacco are at risk of developing throat cancer. Drinking too much alcohol over a long ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001042.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Oropharynx lesion biopsy 
    ... area. For large sores or sores of the throat, general anesthesia may be needed. This means you ... diseases. If a growth in the mouth or throat needs to be removed, the biopsy will be ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003850.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Head and Neck Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... the mouth, nose and sinuses, salivary glands, and throat and voice box (larynx). Most head and neck ... certain other toxic substances at work (for upper throat, nose, and sinus cancers). Have had radiation exposure ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/headandneckcancer.html - Health Topics
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