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 DEFINITION
The laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx that appears with hoarseness or aphonia and dry cough.
YOU CAUSE. INCIDENCE
The larynx is the part that joins the trachea with the mouth and is where there are placed the vocal cords that produce the voice. It is for it that in the laryngitis the first thing that is evident the changes of voice are and if he persists or is more intense it can give cough and drowning sensation.
The most frequent cause of laryngitis is a viral infection that lasts approximately 4 to 8 days, and as more infrequent causes it is diverse types of allergies, or chemical primary irritants.
In the children and due to the minor size of the larynx there is frequent the respiratory distrés that can turn out to be dangerous (Croup, epiglotitis).
SYMPTOMS
The most frequent are indicated previously, aphonia, hoarseness, cough, inflammation of the neck, difficulty to breathe, and sometimes fiebre. /
DIAGNOSIS
The symptoms and an exploration of the area will be able to offer an easy diagnosis.
In smoking persons and with laryngitis or persistent hoarseness it will have to consult with a specialist ORL to see and to control with a laryngoscope the area of periodic form.
TREATMENT
Since the alone viral origin is frequent there can be done measurements that diminish the symptoms as the use of antinflamatorios (ibuprofeno 600 every 8/12 hours).
In addition to environmental moisture, local heat, and not to speak very much.
A common laryngitis must not last any more than 8 days.
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