Result: Of the 100 patients, 90 of them exhibited benign lesions. Along with hoarseness of voice, other symptoms reported were cough and throat pain (21%), breathlessness (19%), fever (11%), dysphagia (8%), and fatigue (1%). Chronic laryngitis is seen as the most common disorder. The duration of the symptoms in our study ranged from 2 days to 9 years. Improvement in symptoms was seen in 80% cas...

ing. By 11. Stockman, m.d. {The Edinburgh Medical Journal).?That camphor is a good external antihydrotic has long been known in India, where it forms a common and importan ingredient in dusting powders. The use of camphoric acid seems to have been confined for a time largely to cases of tubercle of the lungs and intestine. It was then extended to cystitis, bronchitis, laryngitis, and other cata...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the characteristics and clinical application of Mandarin Chinese version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). METHODS A cross-culture adaptation was used to develop the Mandarin Chinese version of the VHI. The translated version was then administered to 1766 dysphonic patients and 120 control subjects; 210 of the patients were treated with phonosurgery or BOTOX injecti...

Prolonged diffuse laryngeal inflammation from smoking and/or reflux is commonly diagnosed as chronic laryngitis and treated empirically with expensive drugs that have not proven effective. Shifts in microbiota have been associated with many inflammatory diseases, though little is known about how resident microbes may contribute to chronic laryngitis. We sought to characterize the core microbiot...