Acute tonsillitis | Pain in the throat

Acute tonsillitis

The symptoms of tonsillitis are severe sore throat, difficulty swallowing and pain radiating to the ear. In addition, there is a high fever and a pronounced feeling of illness. Since an acute tonsillitis can lead to dangerous complications, the affected person should consult a doctor as soon as possible. This doctor must then decide whether treatment with antibiotics is appropriate.

Abscess formation

An inflammation of the larynx or an inflammation of the vocal chords (laryngitis) can also be caused by a viral infection. Typical symptoms are then sore throat, hoarseness, and sometimes complete loss of voice. A dry irritable cough is often an accompanying symptom.

In most cases this inflammation of the larynx is caused by viruses or excessive vocal stress, dry air or smoking leads to the laryngitis. With this disease it is absolutely necessary to take care of the voice! Whispering is extremely harmful and must be avoided at all costs.

Piping glandular fever

Pfeiffer’s glandular fever (mononucleosis) is caused by the so-called Epstein-Barr virus. Despite infection with the virus, the symptoms do not necessarily have to break out. Due to the transmission by droplet infection, the disease is also called kissing disease.

Children between the ages of 4 and 15 are most frequently affected, but adults can also contract Pfeiffer’s glandular fever. Smaller children get the disease from kisses of infected parents, adolescents in the context of first sexual experiences. Typical symptoms of an outbreak of Pfeiffer’s glandular fever are very similar to those of acute tonsillitis: sore throat, difficulty swallowing, fever, loss of appetite and swollen lymph nodes.

As with the other diseases, EBV infection is associated with the risk of bacterial superinfection. This can lead to severe progressions due to immune reactions, especially in adolescents and adults. Complications such as almond abscess or an inflammation of the heart muscle rarely occur with Pfeiffer’s glandular fever. Swelling of the lateral neck

Scarlet fever

Especially in childhood scarlet fever is a well-known disease. Nevertheless, this infectious disease can also occur in adults. Scarlet fever is caused by a bacterial toxin of streptococci.

Typical symptoms are sore throat, high fever, swollen and whitish almonds, deep red palate, shiny red tongue (“raspberry tongue”) and a characteristic skin rash (exanthema). Scarlet fever, unlike many other childhood diseases, can be contracted several times, as there is no immunity to all subgroups of possible scarlet fever pathogens (streptococci). A patient affected by scarlet fever must urgently be treated with antibiotics by a doctor, otherwise serious damage can occur. Until now there is no vaccination protection against scarlet fever. Other diseases that can also sometimes show the symptom of sore throat or pharynx are

• Mumps
• Pseudocroup
• Diphtheria