Your Guide to Dealing With Sore Throat Pain, According to Doctors
Men's Health | 18.12.2025 20:30THE THROAT—TECHNICALLY the pharynx—is the piping that starts behind your nose and runs behind your mouth, down to where your esophagus and trachea split. It moves food to your stomach and transports clean air to your lungs. The throat “absorbs a lot of damage” that would otherwise hurt your lungs, says Phillip C. Song, MD, the director of the division of laryngology at Mass Eye and Ear. Plus, it sits at the top of the esophagus, which leads to the cauldron of acid that is your stomach. No wonder it gets sore so often.
