Vocal cord dysfunction: an often misdiagnosed condition

Vocal cord dysfunction.

Vocal cord dysfunction involves inappropriate vocal cord motion that produces partial airway obstruction. Patients may present with respiratory distress that is often mistakenly diagnosed as asthma. Exercise, psychological conditions, airborne irritants, rhinosinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, or use of certain medications may trigger vocal cord dysfunction. The differential diagnosis ...

Vocal Cord Dysfunction after an Inhalation Exposure

The manuscript embodies case material and the author’s extensive personal experience to address a perceived or actual airborne exposure when incorrectly judged as due to intrathoracic/lung damage when in reality the outcome is the more innocuous extrathoracic/upper airway’s vocal cord dysfunction (VCD). Because of the conviction of possible lung injury, the individual applies the fetal protecti...

Vocal cord dysfunction and wheezing.

Vocal cord dysfunction and wheezing We read with interest the editorial by Drs J Goldman and M Muers (June 1991;46: 401-4). Although we agree with most of the review, we would disagree with their comments on hypoxaemia. They state that absence ofhypoxaemia in vocal cord dysfunc-tion helps to differentiate this condition from acute asthma. We have seen two cases ourselves' where hypoxaemia is a ...

Vocal cord dysfunction: a review

Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a term that refers to inappropriate adduction of the vocal cords during inhalation and sometimes exhalation. It is a functional disorder that serves as an important mimicker of asthma. Vocal cord dysfunction can be difficult to treat as the condition is often underappreciated and misdiagnosed in clinical practice. Recognition of vocal cord dysfunction in patients...

Severe vocal cord dysfunction: an unusual complication of juvenile dermatomyositis.