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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: What actually happens inside the throat when you have a sore throat?
gpt
A virus is hijacking cells in your throat to make more viruses.  
You immune system is going around killing all the cells that have been hijacked.  
Because a lot cells got hijacked, your immune system is doing a decent amount of damage.  
This damage hurts.  
A lot of the other symptoms are the immune system improving its response in the area and the rest of the throat trying to repair the damage.