What Is Pharyngitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. Risk Factors
Pharyngitis is one of the most common symptoms of all, and nobody is completely safe from it. It can affect people of all ages but children are more likely to pick up pathogens from other people than adults are. People with allergies are also more likely to get a sore throat than other people are.
People that work around chemicals and in environments where there is a lot of smoke are also more likely to get a sore throat. Smokers are also more likely to develop pharyngitis, as are non-smokers that are exposed to cigarette smoke. People that suffer from frequent sinus infections are also in a higher risk bracket, as are people with a weakened immune system.
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