The differences between acute pharyngitis and cold clinically are mainly the following: the first is that the symptoms are different. Acute pharyngitis is mainly pharyngeal symptoms, patients mostly have sore throat, dry throat, dry cough and other symptoms. In addition to pharyngeal pain, patients can have clinical manifestations related to nasal discomfort, runny nose, cough, dizziness, headache and so on. The second is the clinical examination, the onset of the site is different, acute pharyngitis clinical examination can be seen in the pharynx congestion, bilateral tonsillar congestion and other manifestations. In the case of a cold, the clinical manifestation is usually congestion in the pharynx, which is not too serious, and the patient may have congestion and edema in the nasal mucosa, and some patients may have inflammatory changes in the pulmonary airways. The third is that the treatment is different, acute pharyngitis can usually be treated clinically with pharyngitis Chinese medicine preparations for symptomatic treatment, the cold needs to be antiviral and other comprehensive symptomatic treatment.