What causes hoarseness?

I believe that many people have encountered the problem of hoarseness. Various physical problems may cause hoarseness, such as inflammation, trauma, tumors, nerve paralysis, hysteria, etc., which are all causes of hoarseness. To treat the symptoms of hoarseness, different treatment methods need to be adopted. In addition, you must also take good care of your throat in daily life. Here I will introduce to you some relevant knowledge about hoarseness!

1. Causes of hoarseness

1. Inflammatory

1. Acute inflammation: acute bacterial upper respiratory tract inflammation, acute viral upper respiratory tract inflammation, upper respiratory tract inflammation caused by toxic substances, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, etc.

2. Chronic inflammation: chronic laryngitis, atrophic laryngitis, vocal cord nodules, laryngeal contact ulcers, occupational laryngitis, laryngeal tuberculosis, laryngeal sclerosis, laryngeal fungal disease, etc.

2. Trauma

Contusion, blast injury, cutting injury, penetrating injury, etc.

3. Tumor

1. Benign tumors: including non-true tumor proliferative tissues, such as laryngeal polyps, cysts, mucosal hypertrophy, amyloid degeneration, polypoid hemangioma, papilloma, etc.

2. Malignant tumors: Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of the larynx.

4. Paralysis

Superior laryngeal nerve paralysis, unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, interarytenoid muscle paralysis, thyroarytenoid muscle paralysis, unilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle paralysis.

(V) Hysterical

(VI) Others

Laryngeal webs, laryngeal keratosis, laryngeal leukoplakia, cricoarytenoid arthritis, etc.

2. Treatment Methods

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.

3. 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.