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Suggest Treatment For Hoarseness, Throat Irritation, Breathing Difficulty And Cough With Phlegm
Going on 16 days of being unable to talk above a whisper. Burning throat sensation and past 3 days my neck is aching like I slept on it wrong. I cough up mucus quite often. Started having difficulty breathing this morning, weazing. Went to dr, last week, given steroid, didn t help.
Tue, 9 Feb 2016
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Laryngitis, inflammation/infection of the larynx is responsible for the hoarseness.
This can be due to infection such as common cold or inflammatory causes such as post nasal drip of mucus.
IF you are wheezing and it is not responding to your inhalers then you need to see your doctor as soon as possible.
In addition, to help with the hoarseness, you can try: (1) try to use soft phonation, not a whisper, if possible.
It has been found that whispering actually puts a lot of stress on the vocal cords
(2)a topical steroid nasal spray may help reduce the secretions somewhat eg nasonex, nasocort, flonase, rhinocort
This can be used with a decongestant and mucolytic (medication to break up mucus eg bisolvan, mucomyst, guaifensin
(3) drink a lot of fluids
(4) a humidifier may also help as well
I hope this helps
Laryngitis, inflammation/infection of the larynx is responsible for the hoarseness.
This can be due to infection such as common cold or inflammatory causes such as post nasal drip of mucus.
IF you are wheezing and it is not responding to your inhalers then you need to see your doctor as soon as possible.
In addition, to help with the hoarseness, you can try: (1) try to use soft phonation, not a whisper, if possible.
It has been found that whispering actually puts a lot of stress on the vocal cords
(2)a topical steroid nasal spray may help reduce the secretions somewhat eg nasonex, nasocort, flonase, rhinocort
This can be used with a decongestant and mucolytic (medication to break up mucus eg bisolvan, mucomyst, guaifensin
(3) drink a lot of fluids
(4) a humidifier may also help as well
I hope this helps
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