Allergens like mold, pollen, and dust, if you’re sensitive to them, can inflame the throat and affect mucus production.

Other cold or respiratory infection symptoms like a cough, runny nose, or hoarseness (raspy voice) suggest a viral infection—as opposed to strep throat, for example. The only way to truly know ...

Repeated bouts of strep throat and tonsillitis ... You may also experience a dry throat, coughing, and muscle strain after surgery. Smoking releases chemicals that cause inflammation and ...

Until the antibiotics kick in and clear the infection up, there are things that can minimize the pain and discomfort associated with strep throat. These include throat sprays, cough drops ...

Butler said this year the state is seeing more whooping cough, strep throat and more mycoplasma pneumonia, which is sometimes ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics are still seeing high numbers of strep throat and pneumonia ... which are causing a lot of coughing. They have also seen ...

The symptoms are all too familiar: painful swallowing, swollen glands, a scratchy cough and unquenchable thirst, and you know ...