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Signs and symptoms may include eye redness, mild flu-like upper respiratory symptoms, pneumonia requiring hospitalization, fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuff nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Symptoms for avian influenza include fever, coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches and eye redness or discharge.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
People with bird flu may get pink eye (conjunctivitis), a cough, a sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and fever.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Fever, feeling feverish or chills; cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy nose;
muscle or body aches, or fatigue or tiredness;
headache;
vomiting or diarrhea, which is more common among children.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1629, in the meaning defined above
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“Sore throat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sore%20throat. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sore throat
noun
: a throat that is painful because of inflammation
Medical Definition
sore throat
noun
: painful throat due to inflammation of the fauces and pharynx
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