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==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Sore throat DDX}} | {{Sore throat DDX}} | ||
====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]] | |||
*[[Esophageal Foreign Body|Retained Foreign Body]] | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 16 February 2015
Differential Diagnosis
Acute Sore Throat
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)
Noninfectious
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
Source
Harwood-Nuss, Rosens, Tintinalli
- ↑ Melio, Frantz, and Laurel Berge. “Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.” In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine., 8th ed. Vol. 1, n.d.