As a student nurse, you are doing research consisting of chart adits of 25 patients with a diagnosis of chronic pharyngitis
You are researching risk factors for the condition. Which patients would you find are at greatest risk for developing chronic pharyngitis?
A) Patients who are habitual users of alcohol and tobacco
B) Patients who are habitual users of caffeine
C) Patients who are eat a diet of spicy foods
D) Patients who have Type A personalities
Ans: A
Feedback: Chronic pharyngitis is common in adults who live and work in dusty surroundings, use the voice to excess, suffer from chronic chough, and habitually use alcohol and tobacco. Caffeine and spicy foods have not been linked to chronic pharyngitis; neither have Type A personalities.
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