What causes hoarseness in the voice?

Hoarseness is a very common symptom, and many people will face the problem of hoarseness. There are many causes of hoarseness, such as excessive use of the voice, excessive smoking and drinking, excessive fatigue, pharyngitis, etc., which are all possible causes of hoarseness. If you have a hoarse throat, you must reduce the use of your voice, eat a light diet, get enough rest, or relieve the symptoms by eating cold candies, drinking water soaked with puffed tamarind, or taking sound-generating pills. If none of them work, you need to go to the hospital for treatment!

Causes of hoarseness

1. Overuse of the voice: singing karaoke crazily, singing high notes, being a microphone bully, or speaking loudly for a long time can lead to vocal cord fatigue and hoarseness.

2. Excessive smoking and drinking: Excessive smoking and drinking will irritate the throat, cause inflammation and cause hoarseness.

3. Excessive fatigue: Due to excessive work and study, physical exhaustion, great psychological pressure, and lack of proper rest, the body's immunity decreases, leading to hoarseness.

4. Pharyngitis: Sore throat. Inflammation of the pharynx causes hoarseness and inability to speak normally.

How to deal with hoarseness

1. Reduce the use of your voice: Since your voice is hoarse, you must pay attention to protecting your voice and reduce the frequency of using your voice. Don't communicate verbally if you can use text. Even if you must speak, keep your voice low and don't shout loudly.

2. Light diet: Quit smoking and drinking, do not eat spicy or greasy foods, eat a light diet, eat more vegetables, eat some fruits such as pears, sugar cane, watermelon, etc. after meals to supplement vitamins.

3. Get enough rest: Maintain an optimistic and tolerant attitude, avoid nightlife and staying up late, go to bed before 10:30 pm, and develop good rest habits. Improve your body's immunity by getting enough sleep, and automatically repair hoarseness.

4. Hold a lozenge in your mouth: Carry a lozenge with you. When your throat hurts, put one in your mouth to stimulate the throat to secrete saliva to moisturize the throat tissue.

5. Soak Sterculia lychnophora in water and drink: Take a Sterculia lychnophora, soak it in water for 30 minutes and drink it, one piece a day, drink at least six cups of water a day, and you will see the effect in a week.

6. Take Xiangsheng Pills: Go to the pharmacy to buy Xiangsheng Pills and take them according to the instructions.

7. Hospital diagnosis and treatment: If hoarseness does not improve for more than a week, you must go to the hospital for formal diagnosis and treatment.

Four small recipes

1. Take 5g each of honeysuckle, Sterculia lychnophora and Ophiopogon japonicus, brew with boiling water and drink as tea, once a day.

2. Take 6 grams each of mint and chrysanthemum, brew with boiling water and drink as tea, once a day.

3. Inhale the wind oil through the nose. Sprinkle a few drops of the wind oil on a clean handkerchief, cover your nose and inhale, 4-6 times a day.

4. Apply cold compress to the neck: soak a towel in cold or ice water for 5 minutes, wring it dry and apply it to the front neck and larynx for 20 minutes, 3-4 times a day.