How You Get It
If you touch a doorknob and then touching your nose or mouth is one way to catch this virus that causes a sore throat.
What is a virus?
When your immune system detects invaders in your throat, it sends extra blood flow to the area, causing swollen tissue known as this process.
What is inflammation?
This common bacterial infection causes a very painful sore throat, often with white spots on your tonsils, and is named after the shape of the bacteria.
What is Strep Throat?
These white blood cells kill invading bacteria and viruses in your throat.
What are phagocytes?
You don't always catch a sore throat from someone else; breathing in dirty air or pollen can cause a sore throat due to this reason. What is it?
What are allergies?
These specialized white blood cells identify specific germs and create weapons to target them.
What are Lymphocytes?
Breathing through your mouth all night because your nose is stuffed can cause your throat to feel dry and sore due to this process.
What is drying out?
B-cells produce these Y-shaped proteins that latch onto germs in your throat to kill them or mark them for destruction.
What are antibodies?
Eating very hot food or yelling at a game can cause a sore throat from direct physical damage, which is known as this.
What is tissue irritation?
These small glands in your neck swell up when you have a sore throat because they are filtering out trapping germs.
What are lymph nodes?