What to do if your voice and vocal cords are hoarse

Many people's voices are always hoarse when they speak, and their throats are not clear at all. Symptoms like this hoarseness are mostly caused by vocal cord damage due to long-term speaking, or the throat is born like this, which leads to hoarseness. If you encounter difficulties, you can use some examination methods to check your throat. In addition, you should drink some throat-moisturizing things to repair the vocal cords.

My voice has been hoarse lately.

examine

1. Indirect laryngoscopy: First, pay attention to the overall appearance of the larynx, including the shape, color, surface condition and glottal movement of each part. In addition to confirming whether the vocal cords are diseased, the adjacent tissues, especially the false vocal cords and pyriform sinus, should be carefully observed.

2. Direct laryngoscopy: When the throat is overly sensitive or the glottis is not clearly exposed during indirect laryngoscopy, this method or the suspended direct laryngoscopy method can be used for examination.

3. Fiberoptic laryngoscope examination: For patients with hoarseness who have difficulty opening their mouths and cannot undergo oropharyngeal examination or who are unsatisfied with the oropharyngeal examination, a fiberoptic laryngoscope can be used to examine the throat through the nasal cavity.

4. Laryngeal function examination: The pronunciation function of the larynx is very complex, and there are many ways to check the function of the larynx. Such as laryngeal dynamic endoscopy, high-speed photography and video recording of the larynx, laryngeal electromyography, glottomography, and spectrum analysis, which are of great value in examining the anatomy of the larynx, laryngeal muscle function and functional abnormalities, as well as early detection of lesions.

5. Laryngeal X-ray examination: Laryngeal X-ray plain films, tomographic films, laryngeal angiography and CT examination can be used. They are very valuable for the diagnosis of laryngeal foreign bodies, laryngeal stenosis, and cartilage fractures after laryngeal trauma. If necessary, MRI can help observe the invasion range of laryngeal tumors.

treat

Different treatments can be used for different diseases and different causes: inflammatory diseases are mainly treated with anti-inflammatory methods, combined with hormones, and local treatments include nebulization inhalation, blockade therapy, physical therapy, Chinese medicine, etc. Benign tumors are planned to be removed surgically, and malignant tumors can be treated with a combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Patients with damaged laryngeal motor nerves can choose laryngeal stent surgery and laryngeal neuromuscular surgery in addition to treating the primary lesions. Those with hysterical aphonia can use suggestive therapy and psychotherapy.

Daily care

1. When hoarseness is detected, ask the patient to speak less to allow the vocal cords to rest.

2. Strengthen oral care, keep local moisture, give nebulizer inhalation, oral B vitamins and hormone treatment to reduce edema, nourish nerves and promote recovery.