The main difference between tonsillitis and laryngitis is the different parts of the disease, different symptoms and different performance.
1. Different parts of the disease: laryngitis is mainly acute or chronic inflammation of the pharynx, laryngeal cavity or mucosa. Tonsillitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the tonsil parenchyma or tonsil mucosa.
2. Symptoms are different: the main symptom of laryngitis is hoarseness of the throat, and generally there is no difficulty in breathing. Chronic pharyngolaryngitis patients will appear in the morning dry heaving; tonsillitis tonsils enlarged, there may be difficulty in breathing during sleep, the chronic phase can be accompanied by bad breath.
3. Different performance: pharyngolaryngitis patients will appear pharyngeal edema symptoms, mainly manifested in the throat and oral parts of the mucous membrane congestion or lymphoid follicle hyperplasia, the surface of the exudate. Tonsillitis is mainly manifested as congestion and edema of the mucosa of the tonsils or exudates appearing at the mouth of the crypts.
The patient needs to go to the hospital and follow the doctor’s instructions to complete the relevant examination and treatment.