Local therapy for pain syndrome in the throat

Abstract

Sore throat is one of the most frequent complaints of patients presenting to ENT specialist or therapist. At the same time, pain may not always be unambiguously interpreted as tonsillitis or other inflammatory oropharyngeal disease. Alexander V. Gurov, Doctor of Medicine, Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Virology of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical Institute MH RF tells about the guidelines for differential diagnosis and the role of true diagnosis which eventually allows to choose the adequate treatment for painful sensations in the throat