Hoarse voice treatment methods

Often people face a problem when their throat hurts and their voice disappears. How to treat such a violation is difficult to decide, because it can be triggered by various diseases and features of the state of the body. You can treat the vocal cords with folk remedies and pharmaceuticals. They are prescribed only by the doctor after a detailed examination of the patient and the identification of the disease that provoked the hoarseness.

What causes the violation

Most often, the voice starts to disappear during a cold. The problem arises due to irritation of the mucous membranes, their dryness and inflammation. Bacterial and fungal infections can also provoke a violation.

Hoarseness can be a symptom of such diseases:

• laryngitis;
• pharyngitis;
• whooping cough;
• scarlet fever;
• flu;
• tracheitis;
• measles.

With these disorders, it is necessary to treat the throat in a comprehensive manner, influencing not only the return of elasticity to the vocal folds, but also the suppression of pathogenic microflora.

However, the voice may grow hoarse for other reasons not related to infections:

• too strong tension of the vocal cords, most often it is a professional violation, occurs in singers, artists, teachers, orators;
• alcohol abuse and smoking;
• stress in rare cases causes hoarseness or complete loss of voice;
• dysfunction of the thyroid gland;
• benign and malignant neoplasms in the larynx;
• pathology of development of ENT organs.

Types of drugs

If the voice is hoarse, the doctor chooses how to treat the disorder. Pharmaceutical drugs are prescribed if the illness is caused by an infection. The respiratory system can be attacked by pathogens such as viruses, fungi or bacteria. So that the sick person gets relief as quickly as possible, the following means are prescribed:

1. Antibacterial drugs. They effectively relieve inflammation from the vocal cords and larynx, which leads to the elimination of edema and pain, the voice returns to normal after 3-5 days.
2. Antihistamines. These drugs must be taken if the voice has disappeared due to allergies, they quickly inhibit the production of inflammatory mediators and eliminate the violation.
3. Antiseptic medicines. They help well with hoarseness of the voice, as they fight against pathogenic microorganisms, like antibiotics.
4. Combined funds. With the help of such drugs, it is possible to comprehensively treat a hoarse voice, they can perform different functions depending on the composition, help to eliminate not only the symptoms of the disease, but also its pathogens.

Medicines are produced in various forms. Vocal cords can be treated with lozenges, lozenges and lozenges, syrups, throat solutions, sprays and inhalations.

The doctor can choose the remedy that works best for the situation.

Drug treatment

Hoarseness can be cured with the help of pharmacological agents. They have a disinfecting effect, eliminate pathogenic microorganisms from the mucous membrane, promote its fastest recovery, moisturize tissues, and protect them from repeated damage.

Also, the composition of drugs may include antibacterial substances that inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi.

Let's take a closer look at how hoarseness can be treated.

• Erespal. The drug can be purchased in syrup or tablet form. It has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, quickly eliminates edema from the larynx, helps to increase the lumen in the bronchi, which not only returns a normal voice, but also improves breathing.
• Miramistin. A powerful antiseptic that actively fights against pathogenic microorganisms. In some cases, its effect is even more effective than that of antibiotics. The hoarseness agent is available in the form of an aerosol and a solution for treating mucous membranes.
• Falimint, Septolete. Lozenges and lozenges help to restore the lost voice, they gently affect the mucous membrane, relieve inflammation from it, inhibit the reproduction of pathogens, moisturize over-dried tissues, envelop them with a protective film, and have a local anelgic effect.
• "Lugol". The famous throat treatment solution is now available in the form of a spray for more comfortable irrigation of mucous membranes. A powerful antiseptic, disinfects tissues and promotes their rapid regeneration. Treatment with it gives good results, but the drug has a specific taste that causes a gag reflex, therefore it is not suitable for many patients.
• Bioparox. Spray containing a local antibiotic. Quickly relieves swelling, eliminates pain and inflammation, fights bacteria and fungi, disinfects mucous membranes. Also effective in treating coughs. It will help to cure hoarseness in an adult or a child, has a minimum of contraindications.
• Ingalipt. A powerful combination drug to help you get your voice back quickly. It contains sulfonamides, which actively eliminate fungal and bacterial microflora. Also, the agent has a mild analgesic effect and relieves inflammation.

Inhalation

It is possible to become hoarse not only from a bacterial or fungal infection, they cause a similar condition and other disorders that we discussed earlier. If they are found in a patient, then it is not necessary to resort to drug therapy, the attending physician may prescribe inhalations. The procedures can be carried out using a special apparatus - a nebulizer. If you do not have one, then a wide saucepan is fine, over which you can breathe the steam.

If you manage to get sick so that the body temperature rises, then inhalation is strictly prohibited. In all other cases, they need to be done 2-3 times a day. They do not breathe steam over a boiling mixture, because too hot air can only give complications, the temperature of the solution should be comfortable for you. The procedure lasts from 10-15 minutes until the liquid has completely cooled down. This technique will effectively cleanse the mucous membranes from pathogenic microflora, relieve inflammation and edema, and eliminate pain.

For inhalation, you can use the following means:

• boiled potatoes;
• essential oils, conifers are best of all, take 2 drops of oil for 2 liters of water;
• a mixture of sea salt and soda - in 6 liters of water, the temperature of which does not exceed 60 ° C, diluted in 1 tablespoon of raw materials;
• decoctions of medicinal herbs, you can use sage, flowers of chamomile and calendula, thyme, etc., the ingredients are poured with hot water, infused for 30 minutes, filtered, and added to the water for inhalation;
• mineral water is also suitable for inhalation, it is important that it is alkaline, "Essentuki" or "Borjomi" will do.

Additional measures

If the patient has a predisposition to hoarseness, then he needs to prevent this condition by any means. This can be done by strengthening the immune system, eliminating allergens from your environment, hardening the body, and giving up bad habits.

It should also be borne in mind that you cannot overstrain your voice in any case. If it was not possible to save yourself, then you need to follow these simple rules:

• be outdoors more often if it is not cold outside;
• make sure that each drug taken does not contain allergens;
• often ventilate the room and humidify it;
• do not inhale too dry and dusty air;
• protect yourself from exposure to harmful chemicals;
• do not smoke or drink alcohol during treatment;
• do not overstrain the vocal cords;
• do not drink carbonated drinks, too cold and hot, the same goes for food;
• do not eat foods that irritate the throat (too sour, salty, spicy, spicy).

Let's summarize

Hoarseness of the voice can be cured by different methods, but all of them need to be discussed with the doctor. There are effective pharmaceuticals and folk remedies that fix the disorder quickly.

You also need to adhere to general rules that will help you recover and prevent hoarseness from recurring. Monitor your health and choose only those treatments that will not harm you.