La i-nasopharyngitis ukutheleleka okuvame kakhulu komgudu wokuphefumula, futhi ikakhulukazi we-nasopharynx, umgodi osuka emgodini wekhala uye epharynx.

Kubangelwa igciwane elingasakazeka lisuka komunye umuntu liye komunye ngamaconsi anamagciwane (ngokwesibonelo, lapho umuntu ekhwehlela noma ethimula, noma ngokuthinta izandla noma izinto ezingcolile). Amagciwane angaphezu kuka-100 ahlukene angabangela i-nasopharyngitis.

Izimpawu ze-nasopharyngitis, ezifana nalezo zomkhuhlane ovamile, ngokuvamile zihlala izinsuku ezingu-7 kuya kwezingu-10. Okuvame kakhulu ezinganeni ezincane kusukela ezinyangeni ezingu-6, kubonakala ikakhulukazi ekwindla nasebusika. Ingane ingaba neziqephu eziyi-7 neziyi-10 ze-nasopharyngitis ngonyaka.

E-Canada, i-nasopharyngitis ivame ukutholakala futhi iphathwe njengomkhuhlane, kuyilapho eFrance, i-nasopharyngitis kanye nomkhuhlane ovamile kubhekwa njengezimo ezihlukene.

Izinkinga

I-Nasopharyngitis yenza buthaka ulwelwesi lwamafinyila lomgudu wokuphefumula. Ngezinye izikhathi, uma kushiywe kungalashwa, ezinye izingane zingahlakulela i-superiinfection yebhaktheriya eholela ezinkingeni ezifana nalezi:

• i-otitis media (= ukutheleleka kwendlebe ephakathi).
• i-bronchitis eyingozi (= ukuvuvukala kwe-bronchi).
• i-laryngitis (= ukuvuvukala kwe-larynx noma izintambo zezwi).