Laryngitis

 Laryngitis
Strep throat is an inflammtion of the throat or pharynx. Strep throat is actually not the name of the disease. He was but a symptom of various diseases that occur. In terms of health, strep throat is called a sore throat or pharyngitis.
As in many types of inflammation, sore throat can be acute - quickly and usually characterized by a relatively short start - or chronic.
Acute laryngitis may cause swollen tonsils that causes difficulty breathing and swallowing, sometimes accompanied by a cough or fever.
Cause
Strep throat can be caused by a veriety of causes, be due to viral infection, bacterial infections, fungal infections to allergies and irritation, among which are:
1. Virus, 80% of sore throats are caused by viruses, can cause fever.
2. Coughs and colds. where the cough and phlegm (mucus) can also irritate the throat.
3. Coxsackie virus (hand,foot,and mouth disease).
4. Allergy. Allergies can cause mild irritation of the throat that is chronic (persistent).
5. Streptococcal bacteria, confirmed by throat culture. This test is generally performed in the laboratory using the patient's throat swab. Can be found the classic symptoms of streptococcal bacteria such as severe pain on swallowing, visible white spots, vomiting-vomiting, ulcers on the thyroid gland, accompanied by enlarged tonsils.
6. Smoking.
From various causes, the most common cause is a viral infection. the most common bacteria that cause strep throat is the streptococcus bacteria around 15-30 percent of cases.