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What Causes Hoarseness In Voice?

I am an amateur singer, but I sing fpr several hours most every day. For the last 3 or 4 months, I've noticed that my voice is hoarse most of the time. My voice cracks, which is unusual for me. I do have pretty severe allergies and they are bad at the moment, but this has been going on for weeks and weeks. Some days are better than others, but I am getting a little concerned
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern. As per your query you have symptoms of hoarseness in voice which are pointing towards upper respiratory tract infection and could be due to laryngitis which leads to inflammation of vocal cards.

Need not to worry. I would suggest you to start doing warm saline gargles and drink one spoon of honey mix with glass of lukewarm water. You should take steam inhalation along with vaporizers. Avoid hot, sharp , spicy food.
consult ENT specialist for proper examination. Doctor may order test like viral culture test , throat swab test and blood test to confirm the diagnosis and rule out causes. You should go for get laryngoscopy as well. Doctor may prescribe anti bacterial amoxicillin or anti viral acyclovir depending upon the diagnosis along with decongestants.

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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What Causes Hoarseness In Voice?

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. As per your query you have symptoms of hoarseness in voice which are pointing towards upper respiratory tract infection and could be due to laryngitis which leads to inflammation of vocal cards. Need not to worry. I would suggest you to start doing warm saline gargles and drink one spoon of honey mix with glass of lukewarm water. You should take steam inhalation along with vaporizers. Avoid hot, sharp , spicy food. consult ENT specialist for proper examination. Doctor may order test like viral culture test , throat swab test and blood test to confirm the diagnosis and rule out causes. You should go for get laryngoscopy as well. Doctor may prescribe anti bacterial amoxicillin or anti viral acyclovir depending upon the diagnosis along with decongestants. Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari