Description

Sore throat, also known as throat pain, is pain or irritation of the throat.Usually, causes of sore throat include:

• viral infections
• group A streptococcal infection(GAS) bacterial infection
• inflammation of the throat)
• (inflammation of the dehydration, which leads to the throat drying up.

The majority of sore throats are caused by a virus, for which antibiotics are not helpful.A strong association between antibiotic misuse and antibiotic resistance

For sore throat caused by bacteria (GAS), treatment with antibiotics may help the person get better faster, reduce the risk that the bacterial infection spreads, prevent retropharyngeal abscesses and reduce the risk of other complications such as rheumatic fever rheumatic heart disease post-streptococcal diseases have become far less common. For this reason, awareness and public health initiatives to promote minimizing the use of antibiotics for viral infections have become the focus.