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Odynophagia is pain when swallowing. [1] [2] The pain may be felt in the mouth or throat and can occur with or without difficulty swallowing. [3] The pain may be described as an ache, burning sensation, or occasionally a stabbing pain that radiates to the back. [4] Odynophagia often results in inadvertent weight loss.
Reflux episodes often occur at night and one may develop a bitter taste in the mouth. The throat can be severely irritated when acid touches the vocal cords and can lead to spasms of coughing. To prevent throat irritation from reflux, one should lose weight, stop smoking, avoid coffee beverages and sleep with the head elevated. [4]
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines burning mouth syndrome as "a distinctive nosological entity characterized by unremitting oral burning or similar pain in the absence of detectable mucosal changes" [1] and "burning pain in the tongue or other oral mucous membranes", [8] and the International Headache Society defines it ...
According to the AAP, symptoms usually start with a fever, sore throat and runny nose, followed by blisters that commonly show up in these areas: In the mouth On the inner cheeks
Dryness of other mucosae, e.g., nasal, laryngeal, and/or genital. [1] Burning sensation. [1] Itching or grittiness. [1] Dysphonia (voice changes). [1] There may also be other systemic signs and symptoms if there is an underlying cause such as Sjögren's syndrome, [1] for example, joint pain due to associated rheumatoid arthritis.
“A sore throat from the flu is often quite abrupt and usually is associated with body aches, fevers and headaches,” Dr. Schweig says of yet another illness that can cause a sore throat.
Another subclassification is nasopharyngitis (the common cold). [16] Clergyman's sore throat or clergyman's throat is an archaic term formerly used for chronic pharyngitis associated with overuse of the voice as in public speaking. It was sometimes called dysphonia clericorum or chronic folliculitis sore throat. [17]
Dysphagia is distinguished from other symptoms including odynophagia, which is defined as painful swallowing, [8] and globus, which is the sensation of a lump in the throat. A person can have dysphagia without odynophagia (dysfunction without pain), odynophagia without dysphagia (pain without dysfunction) or both together.