Sore throat
Differential Diagnosis
Bacterial infections
- Streptococcal pharyngitis (Strep Throat)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Diphtheria (C. diptheriae)
- Bacterial Tracheitis
Viral infections
- Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
- Patients with peritonsillar abscess have a 20% incidence of mononucleosis [1]
- Laryngitis
- Acute Bronchitis
- Rhinovirus
- Coronavirus
- Adenovirus
- Herpesvirus
- Influenza virus
- Coxsackie virus
- HIV (Acute Retroviral Syndrome)
Other
- Deep neck space infection
- Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA)
- Epiglottitis
- Kawasaki disease
- Penetrating injury
- Caustic ingestion
- Lemierre's syndrome
- Peritonsillar cellulitis
- Lymphoma
- Internal carotid artery aneurysm
- Oral Thrush
- Parotitis
- Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage
- Vincent's angina
- Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
Chronic Sore Throat
- GERD
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Fungal infections (ex. candida)
- Chronic sinusitis with post nasal drip
- Inhalation of irritants (smoke, chlorine gas)
- Breathing dry air
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- Tumor:
- Tongue
- Larynx
- Thyroid
- Monomyelocytic leukemia
- Thyroiditis
- Retained Foreign Body
See Also
- Pharyngitis
- Strep Pharyngitis
- Neck mass
- Uvulitis
References
- Melio, Frantz, and Laurel Berge. “Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.” In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine., 8th ed. Vol. 1, n.d.
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