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What’s Causing My Sore Throat? Symptoms & Remedies
April 23, 2020
Symptom Guides > EENT > What’s Causing My Sore Throat? Symptoms & Remedies

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Dr. Zina Semenovskaya
Dr. Semenovskaya specializes in emergency medicine, and received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. She is currently the medical director at Remote Emergency Medicine Consulting, LLC and splits her time working clinically as an emergency medicine attending in California and Alaska. She is the first of our doctors to be fluent in Russian.
When your throat becomes sore, it can be hard to take your mind off it, as the throat is involved in many of our daily activities, from eating and drinking to talking and breathing. A sore throat can occur with no other symptoms, or may be accompanied by a variety of symptoms ranging from cough and headache to fever and nausea. While a severe sore throat can sometimes be a sign of a more serious condition, a mild sore throat with no fever will generally resolve on its own.
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“A sore throat can occur with no other symptoms, or may be accompanied by a variety of symptoms ranging from cough and headache to fever and nausea. While a severe sore throat can sometimes be a sign of a more serious condition, a mild sore throat with no fever will generally resolve on its own.”
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by
Dr. Zina Semenovskaya
Dr. Semenovskaya specializes in emergency medicine, and received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. She is currently the medical director at Remote Emergency Medicine Consulting, LLC and splits her time working clinically as an emergency medicine attending in California and Alaska. She is the first of our doctors to be fluent in Russian.
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