“The main risk is something called rheumatic fever, where the disease can actually get into the bloodstream and infect like ...

Allergens like mold, pollen, and dust, if you’re sensitive to them, can inflame the throat and affect mucus production. Post-nasal drip from the allergic reaction can cause you to constantly, and ...

While some find a warm bowl of chicken soup soothes their throat, others find eating something cold more comforting, says Dr.

Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate the infection in some patients. Many authors have suggested using a cephalosporin as an ...

But how can you tell if your lingering painful chest is simply a cold that needs nothing but time to clear up, or a nasty infection that warrants antibiotics ... your painful throat is bad ...

We tend to think of COVID-19 as a respiratory illness. But, like many viruses, COVID can also affect your skin and cause ...

Fever is one of the most common reasons parents seek medical care for their children. While it can be alarming, fever is the ...

A feeling of having something stuck in the throat is a fairly common experience. In some cases, there may not be any food or a foreign object stuck in the esophagus (food tube), but it feels as though ...

"I'm grateful for life," says Dylan Riley of his strep infection. "Things could be so different — my family could have been planning a funeral" Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award winning ...