Mucosal atrophy

Mucosal atrophy can be seen in multiple organs. The most common is atrophic mucosa in the stomach, nose, and pharynx. Chronic pharyngitis is a chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, often part of the chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract. Most of them are caused by repeated episodes of delayed pharyngitis or delayed treatment, or chronic nasal obstruction caused by nasal obstruction, and long-term open mouth breathing and nasal secretion downflow, which may cause long-term irritation of the pharynx, or the effects of chronic tonsillitis and caries. It can be stimulated by various physical and chemical factors: such as dust, neck radiotherapy, long-term exposure to chemical gases, excessive tobacco and alcohol, etc. In addition, systemic factors such as various chronic diseases can be secondary to this disease. It is mainly divided into chronic simple pharyngitis, chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis, atrophic or dry pharyngitis. Mainly manifested as various discomfort in the pharynx, such as foreign body sensation, itching, burning, dryness, slight pain, dry cough, phlegm is not easy to cough, speech fatigue, or brushing and rinsing, nausea and nausea. Atrophic rhinitis is a slow-moving rhinitis, characterized by atrophy of the nasal mucosa, loss or disappearance of the sense of smell, and the formation of a large number of scabs in the nasal cavity. In severe cases, the turbinate periosteum and bone mass also atrophy. The atrophic changes of the mucosa can progress down to the nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngo-pharynx, etc., so some people think that this disease is a nasal manifestation of systemic disease. Gastric mucosal atrophy is a relatively minor stomach disorder.

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