In the show “Mask Singer” recently, singer Thuy Chi shared that she had to sing in the low range because she had a constricted vocal cord. Thuy Chi said she was infected with a virus and the virus attacked the vocal cords.
After that, the singer had to practice speaking, not working for 8 months. After the treatment period, Thuy Chi needed a few more months to get used to her throat before continuing to sing.
The time before, singer Khanh Ngoc also shared that she was miserable because she thought she had to retire because she lost her voice. Around this time, the female singer described her voice: “It’s loud when it’s low, but it’s high when it’s high, it’s like someone strangled”.
In 2019, Khanh Ngoc happened to read an article about the disease with the same symptoms as her. The female singer sought treatment from this teacher and significantly improved her voice after half a year of practice.
Assoc. Prof. PhD, MD Nguyen Thi Hoai An – Director of An Viet General Hospital
According to Assoc. Prof. PhD, MD Nguyen Thi Hoai An – Director of An Viet General Hospital, the larynx has two vocal cords and they have the main task of creating sound. Through the flexible changes as well as the homogeneity of the vibrations, different tones and intensities are created. The larynx is also an organ that can get a lot of infections.
The main cause of acute laryngitis
Firstly, due to viruses and bacteria. In the natural environment, humans are at risk of being attacked by viruses and most commonly viruses that cause ENT disease because this is the body’s gateway, susceptible to viruses and bacteria.
When infected by the virus, some people will have an attack on the vocal cords affecting the voice such as hoarseness or loss of voice. People who easily lose their voice are those who suffer from respiratory inflammatory diseases: rhinosinusitis, tonsillitis, VA in children.
Second, use a strained voice: talk a lot, scream, sing loudly, or drink too much alcohol.
Third, cold. Exposure to extreme cold can cause the vocal cords to contract or swell and cause loss of voice.
The first manifestation is hoarseness, then loss of voice, in some cases accompanied by fever, difficulty breathing, sore throat. When the patient went to the doctor, the endoscopic doctor showed clinical signs of vocal cord edema, congestion, and mucus accumulation.
In these cases, Dr. Hoai An said, the patient was treated according to the pathology of acute laryngitis. Depending on the cause, the doctor will give the patient treatment according to that cause. For example, a patient with a virus attack is treated with a virus, for bacteria, antibiotics are treated, and inflammation due to cold is similar.
According to Dr. Hoai An, there are many viruses that can attack the larynx such as SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19), influenza viruses, especially influenza A, the most common influenza B and influenza can also attack the larynx. manage. The disease is more common in children than in adults.
When suffering from laryngitis, the patient must abstain from speaking during treatment, this is an important factor that greatly determines the patient’s treatment process. If after the larynx is no longer inflamed, the patient still needs time to recover.
For those who work as singers, the vocal cords, which are very strong, when suffering from vocal cord inflammation, the longer and longer they have to recover to be able to sing like before.
Dr. Hoai An notes that patients with laryngitis must be treated thoroughly because laryngitis is easy to get bronchitis and pneumonia.
In the current situation of many diseases caused by viruses, Dr. An recommends that people are best prevented from getting sick. In addition to increasing the body’s resistance, you should self-prevent personal illness by hygiene, wear a mask in crowded places, especially should stay away from areas where people have cough and flu symptoms.
When there are signs of hoarseness, the patient needs to limit talking because talking a lot makes the vocal cords work more, making the sound more and more cloudy, making the hoarse more serious. Therefore, limit talking and engage in unnecessary conversations.
According to Vietnamnet
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14/04/2025 07:43
