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Chronic Laryngitis

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Chronic Laryngitis

  • See also
  1. Hoarseness
  2. Acute Laryngitis
  • Causes
  1. Irritants
    1. Allergic Rhinitis
    2. Smoker's Laryngitis (Tobacco Abuse)
    3. Alcohol Abuse
    4. Reflux Laryngitis (Gastroesophageal Reflux with chronic aspiration)
  2. Chronic Voice Abuse
  3. Vocal Cord Polyp (or Vocal Cord Nodule)
  4. Laryngeal Neoplasm
  • Diagnosis
  1. Laryngoscopy
  • Management
  1. Voice Rest
  2. Treat underlying etiology
  3. Biopsy Leukoplakia or Hyperplastic Vocal Cords
  • References
  1. Feierabend (2009) Am Fam Physician 80(4): 363-70 [PubMed]
  2. House (2017) Am Fam Physician 96(11): 720-8 [PubMed]