Laryngitis is the loss of your voice or hoarseness that occurs when you have swelling or irritation of your larynx, or voice box. Your voice box contains your vocal cords and is located at the top of your trachea, which is the airway to your lungs. Vocal cord swelling can cause the hoarse voice associated with laryngitis. There is no medical indication that you shouldn't exercise with laryngitis or that physical activity helps the condition. Whether you exercise just depends on how you feel.
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membranes that line the larynx. The larynx houses the vocal cords and they are often involved, leaving the sufferer with a hoarseness or a temporary loss of voice. The condition may o...
Smoking is the number-one preventable cause of laryngitis. This relatively common irritation of your vocal cords can happen three ways: through overuse, infection or irritation. Cigarette smoke is a severe throat irritant, and ...
Since the majority of laryngitis infections are viral in nature, there's not much you can do other than stay comfortable and use supportive care to treat your symptoms. It will take about 1 week for your viral laryngitis sympto...
Acute laryngitis is caused by a viral infection, even though, in some cases, bacteria can be the culprit. It can also be caused by engaging in excessive talking, yelling, screaming or singing. It is technically an inflammation...
Because most cases of Laryngitis are viral in nature, there's often relatively little you can do other than wait for the infection to run its course while managing your symptoms. Laryngitis can also be triggered by external irr...
Laryngitis, an inflammation of the larynx, can follow a throat infection or be due to some other irritation of the throat. Agents or activities that frequently lead to a mechanical irritation of the larynx are smoking, exposur...
Reflux occurs when the muscles between the esophagus and stomach are weakened. Reflux disease, whether gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or reflux laryngitis, is due to the backward movement of stomach acid coming up the ...
When a person has a case of laryngitis, the larynx and vocal cords become inflamed and swollen. It is usually the cause of a virus, bacteria or in some cases when the throat is overused through excessive talking, singing or sc...
