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Offers resources on throat infections and inflammation, including sore throats, tonsillitis, hoarseness and laryngitis. Provides information on signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of throat infections or inflammation.
Are you experiencing difficulty swallowing foods, liquids or saliva? If so, you may be suffering from dysphagia. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is the medical term used for people who have a hard time swallowing or who experience pain while swallowing.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Losing your voice always seems to happen at the wrong time - the night before having to give a speech, singing at an event or conducting an important meeting. Sometimes laryngitis will make your voice sound weak or raspy or you won’t be able to speak at all.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Laryngitis is a condition in which the larynx (vocal cords) become inflamed or swollen, resulting in hoarseness and possibly a temporary "loss of voice".
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Everyone has a sore throat from time to time. It is one of the most common conditions seen by doctors, especially in the fall and winter when people spend more time together in poorly ventilated rooms.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Tonsillitis is an infection or inflammation of the tonsils. The tonsils are balls of lymphatic tissue on either side of the throat, above and behind the tongue, that are part of the immune system.
Source: Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Health Services
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