If you have hoarseness due to inflammation, beware of laryngeal cancer

Hoarseness and sore throat are common when you have a sore throat, but if these symptoms persist for more than a month, you need to be alert to the possibility of laryngeal cancer.

Laryngeal cancer is the second most common respiratory cancer after lung cancer. It is common in middle-aged and elderly men, and 90% of patients have a long history of smoking. The longer you smoke and the more you smoke, the greater the harm. For men who smoke for more than 10 years and 30 cigarettes a day, the relative risk of laryngeal cancer will increase by nearly 30 times.

Laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the epithelial tissue of the laryngeal mucosa, among which laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is the most common. Laryngeal cancer can be detected early with a little attention. If the tumor grows on the vocal cords, the patient will experience symptoms such as hoarseness, sore throat, irritating dry cough, etc., which are similar to the symptoms of getting angry; if it grows next to the vocal cords, there will be blood in the sputum and foreign objects in the throat. In severe cases, it may cause difficulty breathing or a lump in the neck. If the hoarseness is persistent and does not improve after drug treatment, you should be alert to the possibility of laryngeal cancer, especially for people who smoke and drink for a long time. In addition, a small number of laryngeal cancers do not grow on the vocal cords, and their symptoms are not hoarseness but sore throat, which can usually be diagnosed through laryngoscopy.

Therefore, male friends over 50 years old with a long history of smoking should go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible if they have hoarseness due to internal heat for more than a month, or blood in sputum for more than a week, or always feel that there is a foreign body in the throat. If laryngeal cancer can be detected early, 80% of patients can achieve the effect of cure through comprehensive standardized treatment.