I recently had minor surgery and an endotracheal tube was used. The back of my neck is painfully sore as well as my jaw and throat. I am still having problems chewing food as it hurts my jaw. I had problems talking and eating the first two days following surgery due to an extremely sore throat and damaged vocal cords.
Infection vs Disease. Infection and Disease are two words that are often confused as one and the same. In fact these two medical terms are different in their meanings. Infection is understood in the sense of contamination. Contaminating air or water with harmful organisms is said to cause infection.nfection affects a person with disease. On the other hand disease is the end result of an infection. This is the main difference between infection and disease. In short it can be said that infection leads to disease. A person gets a disease if he or she carries an infection.
1 Viruses are the smallest and simplest life form known. 2  They are 10 to 100 times smaller than bacteria. 3  The biggest difference between viruses and bacteria is that viruses must have a living host-like a plant or animal-to multiply, while most bacteria can grow on non-living surfaces.