{"id":254,"date":"2020-11-10T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-docs.fm1.dev\/throat-overview\/sore-throat\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T21:55:30","slug":"sore-throat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/ent\/sore-throat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sore Throat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are the Symptoms of a Sore Throat?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms of a sore throat include pain, scratchiness, dry throat, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, swollen neck or jaw glands and swollen or inflamed tonsils. You may also have a fever, chills, cough, runny nose, sneezing, headache, muscle and joint aches, nausea and vomiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Causes a Sore Throat?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/iStock-1058796530-compressed-1280x854.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/iStock-1058796530-compressed-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/iStock-1058796530-compressed-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/iStock-1058796530-compressed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/iStock-1058796530-compressed.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Most sore throats are the result of viral infections due to the common cold or flu. Bacterial infections including strep throat, tonsillitis, whooping cough and diphtheria may also cause a sore throat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional causes include allergies, acid reflux, environmental irritants, dry air and strained vocal cords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sore Throat Treatment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gargle with warm salt water throughout the day. Drink plenty of liquids, and use throat lozenges and cough drops to relieve soreness and irritation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your sore throat is caused by a bacterial infection, your doctor may treat it with antibiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are the Symptoms of a Sore Throat? Symptoms of a sore throat include pain, scratchiness, dry throat, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, swollen neck or jaw glands and swollen or inflamed tonsils. You may also have a fever, chills, cough, runny nose, sneezing, headache, muscle and joint aches, nausea and vomiting. What Causes a Sore Throat?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1226,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}