The document discusses several upper respiratory tract infections including tonsillitis, pharyngitis, pharyngotonsillitis, and laryngitis. It describes the causes, signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment, and potential complications of each condition. The infections can be acute, sub-acute, or chronic and are generally caused by bacterial or viral infections entering through the nose and mouth and causing inflammation in the tonsils, pharynx, or larynx. Common treatments include saline gargles, analgesics, antibiotics, rest, and humidified air. Complications can include conditions like tuberculosis, rheumatic heart disease, or permanent voice loss.

1. Speaker O.P.D. Nurses Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (U.R.T.I.)

2. Tonsillitis Is the inflammation of the tonsils that can be acute, sub-acute, and chronic due to causative factors affecting it.

7. Enters the nose and mouth causing inflammation to the tonsils.

15. Causative agent enters the upper respiratory tract, causing inflammation of the pharynx.

27. Causative agents enters the upper respiratory tract and inflamed the pharynx and tonsils.

37. Larynx- it opens and closes during sounds production

38. Causative agents enter the upper respiratory tract and inflamed the larynx. Normal Larynx or not inflamed Inflamed Larynx

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