Laryngitis

Laryngitis – inflammatory process on a mucous throat and phonatory bands of any etiology. Laryngitis can be a consequence of catarrhal diseases or infectious, such as whooping cough, scarlet fever, measles. The throat overstrain (a loud conversation, singing, shout), overcooling, oral breath (especially dusty or cold air) can also be the laryngitis reasons.

In modern medical practice allocate the following types of laryngitis:

• Catarral – the easiest form at which hoarseness, insignificant cough, irritation in a throat is observed;
• Hypertrophic which - was more expressed with strengthening of symptoms. On phonatory bands formations of fabric small knots, the size about a match head are possible;
• Atrophic – the mucous membrane in a throat is thinned, the back wall of a throat is struck. It is shown by painful cough, a hoarse voice, dryness in a mouth;
• Diphtheritic – a consequence of spread of an infection from almonds in a throat. Mucous throats becomes covered by a white plaque which at department can cork respiratory tracts at the level of phonatory bands;
• Tubercular – a consequence of spread of tuberculosis from lungs to the area of a throat. In fabrics consolidations in the form of hillocks are formed;
• Syphilitic – a complication at a disease of syphilis. In a throat ulcers and plaques (the second stage) passing into the hems deforming phonatory bands and a throat (the 3rd stage) form further.

Acute laryngitis

Acute laryngitis arises usually owing to activation of the pathogenic microflora which is in a throat under the influence of various factors:

• Acute respiratory diseases (flu, scarlet fever, whooping cough);
• Strong overcooling;
• Overstrain of phonatory bands at shout or a long loud conversation, singing;
• Irritation nicotine;
• Long influence of dust, gas;
• Alcohol abuse.

Acute laryngitis, symptoms:

• The general aggravation of symptoms of health – temperature increase, a headache, irritation and a pharyngalgia;
• Puffiness and giperemirovannost of a mucous throat;
• Reddening and thickening of phonatory bands, their incomplete smykaniye;
• Noticeable swelling of folds of a threshold, sharp reddening of mucous;
• Education on mucous dark red points of the filtering blood;
• Change of a voice from considerable hoarseness before full loss.

At the isolated acute laryngitis symptoms are similar, but are shown in the specific centers.

Chronic laryngitis

Chronic laryngitis – chronic inflammatory process of a mucous throat, a submucosal layer and endolaryngeal muscles.

Chronic laryngitis, symptoms:

• Hoarseness;
• Bystry fatigue of a voice;
• Periodic irritation;
• Tussiculation.

Emergence of pathological processes of a throat can be provoked by the repeating acute laryngitis, chronic inflammations of a nasopharynx, regular allergic reactions or systematic negative impacts on area of a throat, before formation of chronic laryngitis. Symptoms can be shown depending on prescription and a form of inflammatory processes, with various intensity.

The main symptom of chronic laryngitis – obviously changed voice as chronic laryngitis preferential in interarytenoid area and in the field of voice folds develops.

Laryngitis at children

Laryngitis at children constitutes big danger, especially on the first years of life when immunity only forms, and body resistance is small. Sharp increase of symptoms – the main danger of laryngitis at children. The healthy child falls asleep by the form, and the barking cough and the complicated breath in the middle of the night can be shown. Severe hypostasis of a mucous throat for short time leads to considerable narrowing of a respiratory gleam. If urgent measures are not taken, it can lead to suffocation.

At the first manifestations of symptoms of laryngitis at children it is necessary to call "ambulance". Before her arrival it is possible to facilitate a condition of the sick child, having opened a window that air in the room was fresh, with the increased content of oxygen. It is obligatory to keep the child in a sitting position, calming him to normalize a respiration rate. It is desirable to moisten air in any way – to leave the boiling teapot, to hang out wet towels, to put open tanks with just boiling water.

After the visit of the doctor it is necessary to carry out all his appointments strictly. The child sick with laryngitis should not be left one, without supervision of adults, especially at night. It is necessary to watch that breath of the child was exclusively nasal, air has to get into a throat warmed, cleared and humidified. Observance of the voice mode, in order to avoid loadings on damaged mucous throats is important, the child has to speak quietly and a few.

Laryngitis treatment

The main direction of treatment of laryngitis – elimination of the reason of its education. For treatment of laryngitis it is necessary for ensuring rest of a mucous membrane of a throat:

• Some time to try not to talk, at the same time it is not recommended to talk in a whisper as whispering leads to irritation of phonatory bands;
• To refuse smoking and the use of alcohol;
• To exclude from a spice diet, hot spices, acid, bitter dishes;
• The food and drink should not be strongly hot or cold;
• It is constant to air air in the apartment, for additional saturation by its oxygen.

Process of treatment of laryngitis – the use of warm liquid in large numbers, performing inhalations, rinsing of a throat, warming of a neck compresses or warm bandages. For the entire period of treatment it is recommended to soar legs in a heat bath, for outflow of blood from the inflamed throat. Drink of alkaline mineral water is useful. In more difficult cases prescription of medicines – antibechics, antihistaminic drugs, Lugol solution in glycerin for greasing of a throat is possible.

At observance of all appointments acute laryngitis recovers within 7-10 days. If not to follow the rule and appointment, the probability of transition of acute laryngitis to a chronic form is high.

At a disease of chronic laryngitis it is regularly necessary to undergo inspection by results of which the attending physician defines individual methods of treatment of laryngitis for each case. Purposes of oil and alkaline inhalations, an electrophoresis in a throat, other physiotherapeutic procedures and drug treatment are possible. In some particularly complex cases happens surgical intervention is necessary.

At predisposition to laryngitis follows:

• To adhere to a healthy lifestyle;
• To carry out the tempering procedures;
• To eat properly, having excluded hot and spicy spices;
• Not to take food and drinks on a frost;
• To make thrifty use of phonatory bands;
• At stay in the contaminated rooms constantly to air them.

Observance of these rules will help to reduce the frequency of a disease of acute laryngitis and chronic will reduce probability of its transition to laryngitis.