Clinicians have successfully used antibiotics and steroids, instead of an aerosol-generating procedure, to treat a COVID-19-positive man's peritonsillar abscess. Details were published on September 7 ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing COVID, a viral stomach bug and non-COVID upper respiratory illnesses. The CVS MinuteClinic in York also reports COVID and viral ...

Differential diagnoses of PTA include epiglottitis (inflammation of the epiglottis), infectious mononucleosis, lymphoma, peritonsillar cellulitis and retromolar or retropharyngeal abscess. 1 On ...

I came down with an unrelenting sore throat about 15-20 years ago. For years I have tried to be discreet in prescribing antibiotics in most of my patients, for fear of causing resistance in bacteria ...

Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD Key Takeaways COVID-19 can cause sore throat and ear pain as symptoms.  Strep ...

Q: I occasionally get something that looks like a small pebble in my throat, which is really irritating and annoying. What can this be? A: It is important to speak with your health care provider to ...

The tonsils are an integral part of the body’s immune function. They are the body’s first defense mechanism against germs and viruses that enter the body through your mouth, per Mayo Clinic.

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways Strep throat is a bacterial infection causing a painful sore throat that ...

Having a sore throat on the right side only when swallowing can have different causes. Something could affect one side of your body, like an abscess or swollen body part, or it could be due to your ...