The child's hoarseness may be related to this reason

We all know that our human body

How does it make that sound?

Let's go through a story

Let’s understand how the vocal cords produce sound.

First, let me introduce the two protagonists of the story.

"Left-left" and "right-right".

Zuo Zuo and You You are the girls living in Ling Ling

The two vocal cords in the larynx.

When the left-left and right-right are working, they stand up straight and tense, the glottis becomes narrow or even almost closed, and the airflow rushing out of the trachea and lungs constantly hits them, causing them to vibrate and make sounds. The sounds are helped by the resonance of the trachea, lungs, throat, nasal cavity, sinuses and other surrounding friends, and then adjusted by the throat structures such as lips, tongue, soft palate, cheeks and other articulation organs, and finally form a ringing bell-like sound full of personalized characteristics.

But Zuo Zuo and You You couldn't be happy during this period. It turned out that Lingling went to elementary school and often suffered from upper respiratory tract infections. She also joined the school basketball cheerleading team and liked to yell at the top of her lungs with excitement.

This made Zuo Zuo You You suffer a lot. On the one hand, they had to resist the attack of viruses and bacteria, and on the other hand, they were overloaded with work. After a month, Zuo Zuo and You You finally collapsed from exhaustion and went on strike. Ling Ling became hoarse and could not speak.

The mother immediately took Lingling to the Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Children's Hospital for examination. The laryngoscopy results showed that Zuo Zuo and You You were sick and they had vocal cord nodules.

Vocal cord nodules are the cause of hoarseness in children

Very important reason.

Before understanding vocal cord nodules,

Let’s first understand hoarseness in children.

According to different countries and regions

Epidemiological surveys,

The incidence of hoarseness in children

It is 4%-23%.

The incidence rate among boys is higher than that among girls.

3/4 of all patients

The peak age of onset is 5-10 years old.

What are the common factors that affect children’s voice?

Disease factors

Acute congestion and edema of the vocal cords caused by inflammatory infection (laryngitis, laryngotracheitis);

Neoplasms on the vocal cords (laryngeal papilloma, vocal cord cyst);

Vocal cord diseases (vocal cord nodules, vocal cord polyps) caused by excessive use of the voice and incorrect vocalization methods.

Other factors

Diet, climate, air pollution, ambient noise, stress, etc.

Earlier we mentioned that Lingling

Hoarseness is caused by vocal cord nodules.

Now let us introduce in detail what vocal cord nodules are.

Vocal cord nodules are a special type of chronic laryngitis.

Chronic hoarseness in children

50% to 80% of the causes are vocal cord nodules.

The main cause: "Voice abuse", such as shouting, excessive use of voice, etc. If the child has voice problems and the course of the disease exceeds two weeks, it is recommended to go to the ENT clinic for treatment. The vocal cords can be checked through electronic fiber laryngoscopes, etc., which show tiny fibrous nodular lesions on the inner edge of the vocal cords.

Functional voice disorders

Different from vocal cord nodules,
Children with functional voice disorders

There are usually no organic lesions in the larynx.

Its causes may be psychological and mental stress, or it may be voice abuse, imbalance in laryngeal muscle strength, etc.

School-age children may experience hoarseness, aphonia, etc., while adolescent children may experience interrupted pronunciation, labored speech, and abnormal tone.

How are voice problems in children treated?

Protect your throat.

Perform voice training,

Change the wrong habit of using voice.

Improve pronunciation skills.

first

According to each person's voice problem, the voice therapist will develop a corresponding training plan;

Secondly

Relaxation training

Relax your neck and shoulders first by massaging them and adjusting your breathing.

again

Abdominal breathing

Use abdominal voice to change the wrong voice position and relax the throat muscles

at last

Let the children master the correct way to vocalize. At the same time, through voice education and psychological counseling, build up treatment confidence and eliminate concerns.

How to protect your child’s throat?

Avoid talking for long periods of time in a noisy environment;

Actively treat colds and coughs, and pay attention to controlling the intensity of voice use;

Guide children to use their voices correctly, and limit crying, shouting, reading aloud, etc.