«Sore throat» redirects here. For other meanings, see Sore throat (album).
Odynophagia (from the Greek οδυνη [odynē] "pain" and φαγος [phages] "it eats") is the medical term to describe the symptom consisting of a sore throat produced by swallowing fluids, often as a result of inflammation of esophageal mucosa or esophageal muscles.
The intensity of pain can range from mild to severe, so patients can not even swallow their own saliva. Depending on the intensity, it can lead to dysphagia.
The most frequent causes of odynophagia are infections of the throat such as tonsillitis or pharyngitis, infections by the fungus Candida, herpes or cytomegalovirus, or the ingestion of caustic substances or aggressive medications. In addition, as a cause you can find dental conditions such as pericoronitis, stomatitis and third molar surgeries, for example. It should be noted that the formation of pseudomembranes in the oropharyngeal mucosa due to diphtheria, where Corynebacterium diphtheriae is located, causes symptoms of odynophagia.
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