What Is Pharyngitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Viral Infections
Pharyngitis is also often caused by viral infections, and they will often cause similar symptoms to bacterial infections. The most pertinent one being soreness in the patient’s throat. Viral infections are also not usually serious and will often pass without and need for the condition to be treated.
Viral infections are responsible for some instances of the common cold, and the influenza virus is responsible for all cases of the flu. Another example is the varicella zoster virus, which causes chicken pox. Measles, which will often cause pharyngitis, is caused by the Rubeola virus. Another fairly common culprit is the mononucleosis virus.
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