Sore throats range from a mere scratch to pain so severe that even swallowing saliva hurts The upper throat is the shared entry to our windpipe (trachea) and gullet (oesophagus) They can be caused by heavy cigarette smoking and infections of the throat, tonsils, or nasal passages from a virus, fungus, or bacteria such as streptococcus, the one that causes strep throat.
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Throat problems produce a number of symptoms such as cough, throat clearing, irritation in the throat and mucus
This leaflet helps to explain the normal function of the throat and how some of these symptoms may be produced and treated.
Clearing your throat doesn’t clear the mucus It moves the mucus to the side of your vocal folds The mucus keeps moving back to where it started which restarts the cycle of clearing your throat Throat clearing can become a habit
You may be doing it without even knowing it. What is the function of my throat
