Extraesophageal symptoms include cough, laryngitis, asthma, or dental erosion. [1] Katz PO, Dunbar KB, Schnoll-Sussman FH, et al. ACG clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Understanding the Context

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Key Insights

Chronic laryngitis is the presence of laryngeal inflammatory symptoms including hoarseness, globus, pain, dysphagia, throat clearing, or cough lasting >3 weeks. Laryngitis can also be secondary to post nasal drip and/or sinus infection and bacterial aetiologies should be ruled out in a patient with nasal symptoms. Chronic laryngitis is the presence of laryngeal inflammatory symptoms including hoarseness, globus, pain, dysphagia, throat clearing, or cough lasting >3 weeks. RSV commonly causes symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection in people of all ages as well as bronchiolitis, viral pneumonia, and laryngitis (croup). [Figure caption and citation for the preceding image starts]: Electron micrograph revealing the morphologic traits of the RSV CDC/Palmer EL; used with permission [Citation ends].

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