Why did your voice suddenly become hoarse?

I believe most people have experienced this symptom, that is, when you get up in the morning or do something, you suddenly find that your voice becomes hoarse. We also often say that this is a hoarse voice. So what's going on?

Hoarseness is a symptom of laryngeal or systemic disease. It is common in people who overuse their voice, such as small vendors, teachers, actors, karaoke enthusiasts, product salesmen, etc. Intense speeches, debates, quarrels and arguments can easily cause hoarseness due to excessive secretion of adrenaline in the body and tension on the vocal cords.

Common causes of hoarseness are:

① Laryngeal inflammation such as acute and chronic laryngitis, laryngeal tuberculosis, etc.

② Laryngeal tumors such as vocal cord polyps, vocal cord nodules, benign laryngeal tumors such as papilloma, and malignant laryngeal tumors such as laryngeal cancer and laryngeal papilloma carcinoma. ③ Laryngeal trauma, such as contusion, surgical injury, anesthesia intubation injury, etc.

④ Laryngeal nerve lesions such as recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.

⑤ Laryngeal edema caused by laryngeal objects and various reasons.

⑥ Functional, such as hysterical aphonia, etc.

⑦ Due to endocrine reasons such as menstruation, menopause, voice change, etc. Thyroid and pituitary gland disorders can cause hoarseness.

When hoarseness occurs, you should seek treatment from an ENT doctor in time, especially those who are over 40 years old or have not been cured for a long time. You should be more vigilant. To prevent hoarseness, pay attention to protecting your throat and don't overuse your voice. Quit smoking and drinking; prevent and treat respiratory diseases such as laryngitis, tracheitis, etc. in a timely manner; educate children not to shout or yell, especially older children who are in the voice change period, and pay attention to protecting their throats. Vocal opera performers should learn how to protect and use their voices in a way that suits them, and strengthen voice training and exercises. Actresses should control the use of their voices during menstruation and pregnancy. Some drugs can cause hoarseness, so be careful when taking them, such as methyltestosterone. If the male hormones such as nandrolone phenylpropionate are used inappropriately for the treatment of female diseases, it will cause hoarseness.