Causes, Symptoms
& Home Remedies
for Laryngitis
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Laryngitis – More Than A Throat Problem
Sharon Hopkins
Laryngitis is the aggravation of your vocal chords in the
larynx. It also causes swelling around the voice box area,
which brings out the changes in your voice. In any given day
your vocal chords open and close without much hassle. But, when
you are infected with laryngitis vocal chord gets inflamed and
irritated. These changes in the vocal chord weaken your voice
box causing it to sound hoarse. Laryngitis can get so severe
that you may lose your voice completely. This is a temporary
problem which can be treated within 7 to 14 days. This kind of
a problem is very common when the temperature falls leading to
irritation of your voice box.
Causes of Laryngitis
Laryngitis problem is mainly caused by a bacteria or a virus.
Once the infection leaves you it is not necessary that the
throat problem would leave you too. Other very common causes is
yelling, shouting, singing, talking too much and loudly,
smoking, and allergies are some of the other reasons. Consuming
too much alcohol also causes this problem.
Symptoms of Laryngitis
You could notice some common signs and symptoms of the problem
such as loss of voice, hoarse and weak voice, and irritation,
soreness and dryness of the throat and dry cough. You may also
suffer from bouts of fever due to bacterial or viral infection.
Laryngitis
Self-care Measures
-Avoid smoking
-Avoid passive smoking
-Avoid alcohol
-Speak softly
-Do not whisper, as it causes more strain to your throat
-To bring down the fever and relieve you form any form of pain,
use Aspirin, Ibuprofen or Tylenol
-Have warm liquids such as soups, tea etc,
-Take some rest
Home Remedies for Laryngitis
-You can make a solution by using 1/2 teaspoon salt in a cup of
warm water. You can use this solution for gargling.
-Drinking slippery elm bark tea helps to clear your throat as
it lubricates the vocal chords directly.
-Mix one teaspoon apple cider vinegar in half glass of water;
take this solution every hour for seven hours. You will notice
the changes instantly.
-A hot remedy - mix one fourth teaspoon of cayenne pepper with
few drops of lemon in one cup of boiling water. Drink this
solution sip by sip to get the best of this remedy.
-By using ginger and honey you can make the right solution to
sooth the irritated throat. Peel off ginger’s skin, cut into
small piece and later boil it till the water turns yellow. To
sweeten the tea you can add honey. Sip this solution to provide
you the necessary benefits.
-Gargling with sea salts, several times a day can provide
relief to your throat.
-A concoction of fenugreek, eucalyptus, horehound and marsh
mellow makes an excellent tea which can be used to gargle away
your throat problem.
Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all
precautionary measures while following instructions on the home
remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if
you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader
and not with the site or the writer.
About The Author: Sharon Hopkins handles many websites relating
to natural home remedies such as
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com , which has lot of
information on home based natural cures and remedies.
Laryngitis a major cause for throat problems can be easily
treated with simple home remedial measures.
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