Symptoms of laryngeal tuberculosis

Update Date: 2022-08-24 Source: Network

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Laryngeal tuberculosis is the most common one in otorhinolaryngological tuberculosis. The disease is mostly spread from open pulmonary tuberculosis through airway, and the primary tuberculosis is rare. It can be divided into three types: infiltrative type, ulcerative type and mass type. It often occurs in the posterior part of the larynx, vocal cord, ventricular zone and epiglottis. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Patients should be treated and isolated in time. So what are the symptoms of laryngeal tuberculosis? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of laryngeal tuberculosis

1、 Laryngoscopic examination showed that the mucous membrane of the larynx was pale, there was localized congestion in the area between the arytenoids or one side of the vocal cord, the ulcer was wormhole like, the edge was irregular, there was granulation hyperplasia at the bottom, and the wall of epiglottis and arytenoid epiglottis could be edematous and thickened, When the cricoarytenoid joint is involved, the vocal cord can be fixed, the cartilage abscess can penetrate outward, and the fistula can be seen in the neck

2、 The main symptoms were hoarseness, mild at the beginning, gradually aggravated later, and complete aphasia in the late stage.

3、 Complications include: hoarseness, sore throat, swallowing pain, cough, blood in sputum, runny nose, fever, night sweat, emaciation (malnutrition) and other systemic poisoning symptoms, or lymph mass.

matters needing attention

1、 Do not contact with patients with infectious tuberculosis, and wear masks when there are infectious tuberculosis patients around. 2、 Don't dig your nostrils with your hands, so as not to bring Mycobacterium tuberculosis into your nose. 3、 Do not use the tableware of tuberculosis patients, so as to avoid swallowing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 4、 If you find tuberculosis in one part of your body, you should treat it in time to avoid spreading to other parts. 5、 In addition, patients suffering from infectious tuberculosis should consciously carry out self isolation, so as not to infect family members, friends and social groups.