Pain in throat or chest

Definition

Pain in throat and chest means having pain sensation in throat or chest. Throat is a tube that carries food to oesophagus and air to windpipe and larynx. The technical name for throat is pharynx.

Exclusions

• Cervical spine pain
• acute sore throat NOS
• pain in breast
• Epidemic myalgia
• Dysphagia
• Chronic primary chest pain syndrome
• Chronic primary visceral pain
• Chronic secondary visceral pain

Subcategories (2)