Laryngeal tumor symptoms?

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The only symptom of a laryngeal tumor is usually hoarseness. It doesn't have the flu like symptoms of laryngitis. If the tumor is malignant, it will spread, which is cancer. Finally, it will cause dysphagia, and you will have an increasingly obvious lump in your neck. Children's laryngeal airway is very narrow. If they suffer from laryngeal tumor, their voice will become high pitched like a crow. This kind of high pitched voice is called wheezing, which is caused by airway obstruction. Let me tell you how this disease occurs

Laryngeal tumor symptoms?

The only symptom of a laryngeal tumor is usually hoarseness. It doesn't have the flu like symptoms of laryngitis. If the tumor is malignant, it will spread, which is cancer. Finally, it will cause dysphagia, and you will have an increasingly obvious lump in your neck. Children's throat airway is very narrow, if suffering from laryngeal tumor, will make the voice become like a crow like high tone, this kind of high tone voice is called wheezing, is due to airway obstruction.

This kind of disease must go to the hospital to see a doctor for treatment. If it is a benign neoplasm, whether it is a papilloma or polyp, it can be removed by small surgery under local anesthesia. If the malignant tumor is found as soon as possible, it can be treated by radiotherapy or partial laryngectomy, and the effect is very good. Either way, you can usually keep all or part of your pronunciation function. Advanced cancer requires total laryngectomy. Even in this case, the chance of a cure is high. If your throat has been completely removed, there are several ways to restore your ability to speak. With the help of a speech therapist, you can learn to use the esophagus instead of the larynx. Or a therapist can teach you to use a special electronic pronunciation mechanism, which can be used to speak as long as you adjust the movements of your tongue and teeth.

Almost all laryngeal tumors can be cured if they are diagnosed early, but if they are transferred to other sites, they are very dangerous. Therefore, early treatment before metastasis is the key to cure the disease. There are benign (non proliferative) and malignant (proliferative and life-threatening) neoplasms in the larynx. There are two types of benign laryngeal tumors: one is that several papillomas appear at the same time; One is polyps, which usually appear one at a time. Both tumors are usually resectable without permanent adverse effects. This benign tumor seems to be caused by improper or overuse of vocal cords. Most of the patients with malignant tumor are smokers.

matters needing attention

It is easy to be misdiagnosed because of hoarseness in early stage. Indirect laryngoscopy should carefully observe whether there is tumor in each anatomical area of the throat, pay attention to whether there is edema in the mucosa, whether there is plumpness and effusion in the piriform fossa. If it is difficult to find early lesions, fiberoptic laryngoscopy should be used. If suspicious lesions are found, biopsy should be taken for pathological examination in time. Neck examination should pay attention to whether the laryngeal body is enlarged, whether the range of motion is limited, whether the anterior epiglottic space and bilateral cervical lymph nodes are enlarged. CT and MRI examination can further understand the extent of tumor invasion.