What Is Pharyngitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. Diagnosis
There are many potential causes of a sore throat, and finding the cause is important when it comes to treating the condition. One common cause of pharyngitis is tonsillitis, and this is fairly easy to diagnose. All a doctor needs to do a lot of the time is to look inside the patient’s mouth for the tell-tall signs of the disease.
Looking for swollen glands will help a doctor find signs of an infection, while listening to somebody breathing with a stethoscope is also often helpful. A throat swab may be taken so it can be examined in a lab to look for the presence of certain pathogens.
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