Does smoking have anything to do with chronic pharyngitis?

Chronic pharyngitis is related to smoking. Most of the chronic pharyngitis and prolonged excessive smoking, because cigarettes contain a large number of nicotine and other harmful substances, cigarettes in the combustion of smoke, inhalation of the airway to the mucous membrane of the throat to cause damage, triggering chronic pharyngitis. Long-term living in the dust and harmful gases in the environment, repeated acute episodes of inflammation of the throat, inflammatory factors continue to stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat, is also easy to induce chronic pharyngitis. Patients with symptoms of pharyngeal discomfort are not recommended to smoke or eat spicy, stimulating foods such as chili peppers, alcohol, etc. They should also actively seek medical attention and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of medication and treatment, so as to avoid delaying the condition.