Medicines for the treatment of laryngitis (drugs, remedies, medicines, tablets)
With laryngitis, patients are most tormented by an obsessive tickle that causes coughing. Therefore, it is imperative to get rid of it with the help of drugs with an expectorant effect. Such drugs as Codelac, Bronchicum are suitable. These drugs are based on an anti-inflammatory composition, which makes the cough productive. Additionally, you can take lozenges to soothe your throat and relieve sore throat. Be sure to take antiviral drugs: Arbidol, Rementadine.
Miramistin is well suited for relieving swelling of the larynx and restoring the voice. They need to gargle several times a day. It helps reduce swelling and disinfect the mucous membrane.
Homeopathy will also not be superfluous here and can help in treatment. A drug such as Givalex has proven itself well. Even though it is not a complete medicine, it allows you to speed up the restoration of the voice and damaged ligaments. Homeovox in the form of absorbable tablets can quickly eliminate laryngitis. Read more about inhalations.
Additionally, the use of a nebulizer is prescribed. The steam inhaler acts on the mucous membrane, killing pathogenic flora. The frequency depends on the onset of relief.
Find out which nebulizer is better - compressor or ultrasonic - here.
Traditional recipes and inhalations
Surely many remember that in our tender childhood our grandmothers treated us with warm milk. This recipe has a unique result, especially if you add honey to the milk. The delicate and warm consistency will not allow the throat to dry out and will have a warming and antimicrobial effect.
It is necessary to do regular steam inhalations. You can use decoctions of oak or chamomile for this. The simplest inhalation: based on regular Validol. Dissolve several tablets in boiling water and breathe in the steam for several minutes. A combination of inhalations from decoctions and a nebulizer gives a good effect.
Whether laryngitis is contagious or not will become clear from the article.
It is also important to take time to rinse your mouth and throat. These areas are saturated with microorganisms in normal times, but with laryngitis they can become active. Therefore, it is useful to make a solution of soda with iodine for gargling. We recommend that you read about gargling with soda and salt for a sore throat in this material. If desired, you can replace the soda with salt. To treat your mouth, regular toothpaste or Lugol's is quite suitable. We recommend that you read the instructions for use of Lugol for children.
Laryngitis loves warmth, so at night you can make warm compresses for the throat from vodka or boric alcohol. The compress is applied only at night when the throat is completely at rest.
Your voice will quickly return if you make the following mixture: egg yolk, 35 g of cognac and a dessert spoon of honey. Mix well and carefully dissolve one teaspoon at a time. We must not forget about the extraordinary power of aloe: cut off a few leaves, rinse and mince. You will get a paste, dilute it well with water and rinse three times a day. How to make compresses for a sore throat can be found at the provided link.
If a strong irritating cough occurs due to laryngitis, folk, grandmother's cough recipes help a lot. For prevention, it is useful to constantly chew dried rowan fruits, and at the first sign, rinse the larynx with tincture of sage or lavender. Use lavender no more than a few drops at a time. If you decide to help yourself with folk remedies, make sure there are no allergic reactions!
Traditional methods and exercises for the treatment of laryngitis
If laryngitis occurs repeatedly and this is associated with overstrain of the larynx and especially the vocal cords (for example, in singers, speakers, actors or teachers), as well as with nervous tension; If a person’s voice shrinks or disappears completely due to nervousness, then he must first of all develop the muscles of the pharynx and tongue.
To treat laryngitis, do exercises to help cope with this problem:
1) silently pronounce the sounds “a” - “e” - “o”, trying to open the pharynx cavity wider, and not the mouth;
2) then yawn several times (yawning stimulates not only the vocal apparatus, but also brain activity, and also relieves stress);
3) then you should vigorously pronounce the sounds “p” - “b” - “p” - “b” - “p” - “b” - these sounds strengthen the muscles of the lips. And to strengthen the muscles of the pharynx, you need to vigorously pronounce the sounds “k” - “g” - “k” - “g” - “k” - “g”.
Don't forget to do these exercises 10 times!
In the traditional treatment of meningitis, meditation with chanting the mantra “Om” also helps. You need to sit down and close your eyes. Feet are on the floor. The hands rest loosely on the knees, with the thumb and forefinger touching. Breathing should be free and easy. Then you need to relax the muscles of the face and jaws, mentally pronouncing the sound “s” (while the lower jaw droops a little). After which you should sing in one breath, stretching out the sounds as long as possible: “oo-o-o-mm-mm.” Immerse yourself in these sounds, feel how every cell of your body resonates with them!
Repeat chanting this mantra 4 times, and you will begin to feel that you are not only calming down, that excitement and general tension are being relieved, but that your voice is noticeably improving!
Complications of a cold (problems with the vocal cords, hoarseness, hoarseness)
Laryngitis can lead to a dangerous complication: laryngeal stenosis. At an advanced stage, the glottis becomes very narrow due to large swelling. This can be observed more often in children during the nocturnal phase. If the necessary help is not provided in time, the person will simply stop breathing. In such emergency situations, the only way to save a life is to make a cut in the trachea directly to allow air to enter.
Delaying treatment for laryngitis is dangerous. A protracted stage can create scars on the tissues, which will forever deprive the voice of purity and sound.
Is it possible to warm your throat if you have a sore throat? Read this article.
VOICE RESTORATION IN CHRONIC LARINGITIS material on speech therapy on the topic
VOICE RESTORATION IN CHRONIC LARINGITIS
Persons suffering from chronic laryngitis are a difficult group to restore their voice. The chronic course of laryngitis with exacerbations of the process requires medication and physiotherapeutic treatment. The subsidence of inflammatory phenomena is usually accompanied by an improvement in voice, which eliminates the need for voice staging. Otorhinolaryngologists refer patients for phonopedia when voice changes are already quite significant and persistent. The second reason is not taking your illness seriously enough. If paresis and paralysis of the larynx alarm people and depress them, then chronic laryngitis does not cause them concern. People suffering from chronic laryngitis should be referred to phonopedia, regardless of the degree of voice insufficiency. Proper voice production relieves tension in the vocal apparatus, improves lymph and blood circulation in inflamed tissues, and organizes phonation breathing. And with changes in the neuromuscular apparatus of the larynx, voice production adapts it to the vocal load. In the initial stages of the disease, speech therapy sessions are a preventive measure to prevent disruption of the tone of the vocal folds. Speech therapy work for chronic laryngitis begins with an explanatory conversation. It should be explained that if hygiene measures are not observed, if the regularity of treatment and voice production are not observed, the chronic process threatens to become more severe. During classes, it is advisable to maintain a protective vocal regime: reduce vocal load, do not force the voice and avoid emotional overstrain. You should not speak in a whisper, as this causes great tension in the muscles of the vocal apparatus. Classes begin with breathing work. One of the primary tasks is to develop respiratory support and consciously slow down exhalation. A special feature of the respiratory support is that both the inspiratory and expiratory muscles, which are antagonists, take part simultaneously. Measured tension of both muscles provides proper support and does not lead to damage to the vocal apparatus. Respiratory support is considered incorrect if this condition is accompanied by a feeling of muscle strain. Forced breathing causes a rush of blood to the vocal apparatus, causing fatigue, and lack of breathing leads to a weakening of the muscular system and a decrease in voice quality. Before starting phonopedia, all students are sent to the physical therapy room. Organization of phonation breathing and finding support are carried out in speech therapy classes. They begin with performing diaphragmatic breathing while lying down, the exhalation is voiced. It is suggested to lie on the couch, relax, put one hand on your chest, the other on your stomach to control muscle movement. When you inhale, the front wall of the abdomen rises, the chest is as motionless as possible. The exhalation is slow with the pronunciation of voiceless consonant sounds s, sh for persons with severe voice impairment. The anterior wall of the abdomen gradually retracts. When producing a voice without pronounced dysphonia, it is recommended to pronounce a voiced bilabial v as you exhale. After the student has mastered this exercise in a lying position, it should be performed sitting and standing. Such training is then carried out independently at least 2 times a day for 1-2 minutes. If conditions permit, the number of workouts is increased to 5-6 times a day. To relieve discomfort associated with sensory disorders in chronic laryngitis, you need to perform a light neck massage in the area of the outer surface of the larynx. It should be started in the area of the root of the tongue with the thumb and forefinger and moved downwards in a circular motion. The duration of the massage is 2-3 minutes, it is carried out 3-4 times a day. With chronic laryngitis, there is a constant desire to cough, a tickling sensation caused by a violation of the secretory activity of the mucous membrane. With long-term chronic processes, coughing becomes persistent and persistent. To combat it, you can offer a silent pronunciation of y. The sound is imitated by holding your breath with your mouth closed and your teeth clenched loosely. At the same time, a slight tension is felt in the throat. The technique is repeated 2-3 times. During the day you can resort to it up to 10-12 times. Physical therapy, establishing respiratory support and massage last 7-10 days. After this, they move on to voice exercises. The principles of voice production and voice exercises are the same as those used for paresis and paralysis of the larynx. Students should conduct independent training in fractions, without overstraining the vocal apparatus. Since aphonia is rare in chronic laryngitis, preparation for closing the vocal folds and pronouncing the first full-voiced m goes much faster. And with the pronunciation of a loud, sonorous m, subsequent syllabic exercises are quickly introduced into classes. The difficulty of restoring voice in people of this group is that with the slightest cold or fatigue, exacerbations of the process occur, during which it is prohibited to conduct classes. Recovery, especially at first, proceeds as if in waves: either the voice noticeably improves and all unpleasant subjective sensations disappear, then deterioration occurs again. Only systematic work on voice training can lead to the desired results.
Video
This video explains how to restore your voice lost due to laryngitis.
Laryngitis and hoarseness (hoarseness) are seemingly harmless: just a loss of voice that may return even without treatment. Indeed, there are forms that can be treated even without medications. It is enough just to observe a few days of peace and quiet at home. But no one can guarantee that the patient has just such a mild form. We also recommend reading about how to treat signs of sinusitis in adults at home.
Let's start gargling
If you don’t know how to get your voice back with laryngitis, but want to do it as quickly as possible, start with regular rinsing. They help perfectly even with chronic illness. The most common and accessible remedy for laryngitis is soda. It is enough to dilute just one teaspoon of this substance in a glass of warm water. It is advisable to perform the procedure at least 5 times a day, more is possible. And don’t think that this is a remedy for laryngitis in adults; it is recommended for children, of course, if they already know how to gargle. The pain will go away much faster and the voice will return if you alternate procedures with soda with rinses with sea salt, herbal decoctions (chamomile, sage, nettle).
The advantage of such procedures is not only the naturalness and availability of the components used, but also their effectiveness. You can, for example, gargle a sore throat with beetroot or potato juice. To do this, just take a vegetable, grate it, squeeze out the juice, and dilute the resulting liquid with water. The medicine is ready!
Reasons why voice disappears with laryngitis
There are several signs, the appearance of which will allow you to suspect laryngitis. The voice was missing - just one of them. But, unfortunately, this symptom may not always indicate inflammation of the vocal cords. It can also mask more serious pathologies, including laryngeal tumors. Therefore, consulting a doctor with any change in voice and, of course, with its loss, should be mandatory.
Loss of voice due to laryngitis
Acute laryngitis develops against the background of acute respiratory viral infections, influenza and other infectious and inflammatory diseases. Its causes are pathogenic microorganisms that lead to diffuse inflammation throughout the entire area of the larynx. It also affects the vocal cords, lymph flow in them is disrupted, they increase in size and become swollen, and their functionality is seriously impaired.
The condition of voice disorder is especially dangerous in preschool children. Due to the undeveloped structure of their larynx, swelling of their vocal cords increases instantly. This leads to a pathological narrowing of the glottis, resulting in the development of a serious disease called laryngospasm. That is why a child diagnosed with stenosing laryngitis should be hospitalized.
No less dangerous for our voice is the chronic form of laryngitis . With prolonged infectious inflammation, the vocal cords thicken, ulcers and nodules appear on them, radically changing the timbre. An exacerbation occurs after each hypothermia. Even a long conversation can provoke overstrain of inflamed vocal cords. In addition, laryngitis can occur due to mechanical trauma to the larynx, burn or allergy.
