My voice has been hoarse for a month, what happened?

Hoarseness is a very common phenomenon in life. Generally speaking, there are many reasons for hoarseness. If the vocal cords are edematous or there are vocal cord polyps, it will cause hoarseness. If the hoarseness persists for a long time, it is best to go to a regular professional hospital for examination and treatment to find out the specific cause of the hoarseness, and then treat it symptomatically. The earlier the treatment, the better.

How to recover quickly from hoarseness?

Give your throat a rest

Try not to talk and give your throat a rest! Some people think that if their throat is hoarse, they can speak in a lowered voice or raise the volume. In fact, these are wrong. These practices are not conducive to the recovery of the throat. If you can avoid speaking, try to speak as little as possible to allow the throat to get sufficient rest.

Quit smoking, drinking, spicy food and hot drinks

Eat light food, do not eat spicy food, do not eat food with heavy taste, do not smoke or drink, try to drink some porridge, do not drink it too hot, wait until it cools down before drinking. Rice that is too hard is not suitable as it will hurt your throat. It is best to eat liquid food during this period.

Drink rock sugar and pear syrup

If conditions at home allow, make some rock sugar and snow pear syrup to drink every day. Peel the pear, cut it into small pieces, remove the core to avoid the bitterness of the syrup, and simmer over low heat. Snow pear is very helpful for moistening the throat.

Taking throat medicine

If your throat is sore due to a sore throat caused by eating hot food, it is best to go to the pharmacy and buy some throat medicine which can quickly relieve the pain and reduce the soreness.

Drink plenty of water

If your throat is inflamed in the summer, you should drink more water and less carbonated drinks, coffee, tea, etc. The recommended amount of water you drink is eight glasses of water a day.

Drinking water with sterculia lychnophora

You can directly use the Sterculia lychnophora to make tea in water and add a little rock sugar according to your preference. Because Plantago ovata can effectively relieve sore throat and hoarseness. But Pangdahai is not suitable for long-term drinking

If it doesn't heal within a week, see a doctor immediately.

If you have tried all the above methods and your throat still doesn't get better, you should seek medical attention immediately.

Precautions

Live a regular life, don’t stay up late, don’t eat before going to bed, and maintain a happy mood, and your throat will get better within a week.