How do you get throat infection?

Answer 1

From smoking cigarettes or using pipe tobacco. Actually smoking anything can contribute to throat cancer. This is a very ugly situation - don't smoke, or quit now it you do ... it's easy ... I quit over 3 years ago, Cold Turkey, after 39 years of a pack a day!!

Answer 2

There are a number of risk factors for esophageal cancer.[2] Some subtypes of cancer are linked to particular risk factors: * Age. Most patients are over 60, and the median in US patients is 67.[2] * Sex. It is more common in men. * Heredity. It is more likely in people who have close relatives with cancer. * Tobacco smoking and heavy alcohol use increase the risk, and together appear to increase the risk more than these two individually. * Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its resultant Barrett's esophagus increase esophageal cancer risk due to the chronic irritation of the mucosal lining (adenocarcinoma is more common in this condition, while all other risk factors predispose more for squamous cell carcinoma).[3] * Human papillomavirus (HPV)[4] * Swallowing lye or other caustic substances. * Particular dietary substances, such as nitrosamine. * A medical history of other head and neck cancers increases the chance of developing a second cancer in the head and neck area, including esophageal cancer. * Plummer-Vinson syndrome (anemia and esophageal webbing) * Tylosis and Howel-Evans syndrome (hereditary thickening of the skin of the palms and soles). * Radiation therapy for other conditions in the mediastinum.[2] * Celiac disease predisposes towards squamous cell carcinoma.[5] * Obesity increases the risk of adenocarcinoma fourfold.[6] It is suspected that increased risk of reflux may be behind this association.[3][7] * Risk appears to be less in patients using aspirin or related drugs (NSAIDs).[8] * The role of Helicobacter pylori in progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma is still uncertain, but, on the basis of population data, it may carry a protective effect.[9][10] It is postulated that H. pylori prevents chronic gastritis, which is a risk factor for reflux, which in turn is a risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma.[11] * According to the National Cancer Institute, "diets high in cruciferous (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower) and green and yellow vegetables and fruits are associated with a decreased risk of esophageal cancer."[12] * Moderate coffee consumption is associated with a decreased risk.[13] * According to one Italian study of "diet surveys completed by 5,500 Italians" - a study which has raised debates questioning its claims among cancer researchers cited in news reports about it - eating Pizza more than once a week appears "to be a favorable indicator of risk for digestive tract neoplasms in this population."[14]

Answer 3

They get it by smoking - for smokers out there watch out!

Also from chewing tobacco and betel nut.

Answer 4

Smoking could be one. Chewing tobacco another, and SKOAL would be another.

Answer 5

when your organism is weak at one point t you get a lot of germs in your mouth that causes to go to your throat that may led to sickness.

Answer 6

There are many different ways one could contract cancer of the larynx, or throat cancer. One of the most common ways this type of cancer is contracted is by smoking cigarettes.

Answer 7

it gets swollen