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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Pharyngitis]] is [[contagious]], so anyone in close proximity to someone with the [[illness]], is at risk. | [[Pharyngitis]] is [[contagious]], so anyone in close proximity to someone with the [[illness]], is at risk. | ||
==Risk factors== | |||
== | Risk factors for pharyngitis include: | ||
*History of ill contact | |||
*Over crowding | |||
*Frequent sinus infections | |||
*Smoking | |||
*Use of corticosteroids | |||
*Attending day care | |||
*Immunocompromised | |||
*Cold season | |||
*Allergic rhinitis | |||
*Gastroesophageal reflux disease | |||
*Oral sex | |||
*Multiple sexual partners | |||
*Unprotected sex | |||
{{WH}} | {{WH}} | ||
{{WS}} | {{WS}} | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Pharyngitis is contagious, so anyone in close proximity to someone with the illness, is at risk.
Risk factors
Risk factors for pharyngitis include:
- History of ill contact
- Over crowding
- Frequent sinus infections
- Smoking
- Use of corticosteroids
- Attending day care
- Immunocompromised
- Cold season
- Allergic rhinitis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Oral sex
- Multiple sexual partners
- Unprotected sex