throat pain
Ache when swallowing
Throat pain is discomfort or soreness in the throat, typically from infection, irritation, or strain.
The phrase is clinical shorthand—doctors and patients use it to describe the symptom without specifying cause: She complained of throat pain and difficulty swallowing.
Outside medical contexts, sore throat is more common.
- laryngitisInflamed voice box condition
- tonsilsThroat's lymphoid tissue
- swollen glandsInflamed immune tissue masses
- viral infectionsIllnesses caused by viruses
- common coldMild respiratory virus
larynx · hoarseness · acid reflux · scratchy · inflammation · cough drops · salt water gargle · burning · antibiotics · bacterial infections · raw · vocal cords · allergies · epiglottitis · hydration · irritated · fever · ache
- ENT conditionsear infection, tinnitus, sinusitis, hearing loss, tonsillitis
- throat ailmentspharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, strep, swollen tonsils
- Throat Problemstonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, hoarseness, swollen tonsils
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
- throatpharynx, larynx, esophagus, tonsils, epiglottis
- mouth problemscavity, canker sore, mouth ulcers, gum infection, gum disease