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Hoarseness History
Aka: Hoarseness History, Laryngitis History
- See Also
- Hoarseness
- Hoarseness Causes
- Laryngeal Exam
- History: Exposure
- Surgical history
- Intubation risks direct Laryngeal Trauma
- Head, neck or chest surgery risks Vagus Nerve or recurrent laryngeal nerve Trauma
- Voice Abuse
- Vocalist or singer
- Public speaking, teaching or telemarketing
- Umpire or coach
- Tobacco Abuse
- Differential Diagnosis: Laryngeal Cancer, Leukoplakia, Reinke edema or Chronic Laryngitis
- Alcohol Abuse
- Differential Diagnosis: Risk of Laryngeal Cancer or Reflux Laryngitis
- History: Onset
- Acute (without Trauma or Foreign Body Ingestion)
- Viral Laryngitis
- Bacterial Laryngitis or Acute Epiglottitis
- Chronic
- Voice Abuse
- Smoke exposure
- Laryngeal Neoplasm
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (Reflux Laryngitis)
- History: Timing
- Evening Onset: Neuromuscular cause
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy
- Morning Onset
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (Reflux Laryngitis)
- Constant Hoarseness: Larynx Structural Change
- Laryngeal Neoplasm
- Laryngeal Trauma
- Functional Aphonia
- Dysphonia Plicae Ventricularis
- Intermittent Hoarseness: Benign or transient cause
- Voice Abuse
- Postnasal drainage
- History: Associated symptoms
- Pharyngitis, Otalgia, and Dysphagia for more than 2 weeks
- Laryngeal Neoplasm
- Dysphagia or odynophagia
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Inflammatory Arthritis
- Reflux Esophagitis
- Dyspnea
- Laryngeal Neoplasm
- Bilateral vocal cord palsy
- Acute Epiglottitis
- Wheezing or Asthma
- Allergy
- Inhaled Corticosteroid
- Laryngeal pain
- Contact laryngeal ulcer
- Cricoarytenoid joint Arthritis or fixation
- Viral Laryngitis
- Bacterial Laryngitis
- Laryngeal Foreign Body
- Throat clearing
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Inhaled Corticosteroids (esp. Flovent)
- Reflux Laryngitis
- Aspiration
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Unilateral vocal cord palsy (breathy, raspy voice)
- Weight loss
- Laryngeal Neoplasm
- Cough, Hemoptysis, Chest Pain
- Intrathoracic cause
- Stridor
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Laryngeal papillomatosis
- Vocal Cord Dysfunction
- Fever
- Viral Laryngitis
- Bacterial Laryngitis or Acute Epiglottitis
- Generalized weakness, no weight loss
- Neuromuscular Causes
- History: Voice Quality
- Breathy voice
- Inflammatory Arthritis
- Functional Dysphonia
- Vocal Cord Paralysis
- Vocal cord lesion
- Strangled or halting voice
- Spasmodic Dysphonia
- Husky, muffled or nasal voice
- Parkinsonism
- Harsh, raspy voice or strained voice
- Reflux Laryngitis
- Vocal cord lesion
- Functional Dysphonia
- Honking voice
- Sarcoidosis
- Low-pitched voice
- Hypothyroidism
- Reflux Laryngitis
- Functional Dysphonia
- Vocal Cord Paralysis
- Vocal cord inflammation or edema (Reinke edema or more generalized, Leukoplakia)
- Muscle tension Dysphonia
- Soft voice
- Vocal Cord Paralysis
- Parkinsonism
- Vocal Fatigue
- Functional Dysphonia
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinsonism
- Vocal Abuse
- Age-related vocal atrophy
- Other specific voice types
- Acromegaly
- Thick, deep voice with slowed speech
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Scanning speech and Dysarthria
- References
- Dworkin (2008) Otolaryngol Clin North Am 41(2):419-36 [PubMed]
- Feierabend (2009) Am Fam Physician 80(4): 363-70 [PubMed]
- House (2017) Am Fam Physician 96(11): 720-8 [PubMed]