Upper respiratory tract infections are quite a common type of acute illnesses and often encountered in outpatient departments. The URIs comprises of illnesses like common cold to life threatening disease like epiglottitis. This article focuses on few essential aspects like diagnosis, symptoms, and management of URI. URIs are acute infections involving the upper respiratory tract including the nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx which usually referred as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, and the common cold.
The outpatient department often encounters with the cases of URI which ranges from common cold to life-threatening illnesses like epiglottitis. The correct diagnosis on the basis of clinical presentation is the key factor for the management of URI. Symptoms: Differentiation of common cold from other conditions requires patient history which helps in deciding…
