The voice is produced when exhaled lung air passes over the closed vocal cords and causes them to vibrate. During swallowing, the vocal cords close to protect the airway. The vocal cords are two bands of tissue that are located in the larynx, above the trachea. They open and close like a valve during breathing, swallowing, and voicing.
Vocal cord paralysis, which can range in severity from mild to life-threatening, is a condition where one or both vocal cords are unable to move properly. A person with this condition may have voice and/or swallowing issues.
Symptoms
Vocal cord paralysis symptoms and signs can include:
The voice had a wheezy quality.
· Hoarseness
· Noisy breathing
· Loss of vocal pitch
Coughing or choking when attempting to swallow saliva, food, or liquids
The necessity of breathing frequently while speaking
· Inability to speak loudly
· Loss of gag reflex
· Ineffective coughing
· Frequent throat clearing
Causes
Doctors frequently don’t know the exact cause of vocal cord paralysis, which affects the nerve impulses to the voice box (larynx), causing the muscle to become paralyzed.
·Injury to the vocal cord during surgery.The nerves that serve the voice box can be damaged as a result of surgery on or near your neck or upper chest, including surgery on the thyroid or parathyroid glands, the esophagus, the neck, or the chest.
·Neck or chest injury.The voice box or the nerves that serve it may become damaged as a result of trauma to the neck or chest.
·Stroke.Blood flow to the brain is disrupted by a stroke, which may also harm the area of the brain responsible for sending messages to the voice box.
·Tumors.The muscles, cartilage, or nerves controlling the function of the voice box can grow in or around tumors, both cancerous and non-cancerous, and this can result in the paralysis of the vocal cords.
·Infections.Some infections, including Epstein-Barr virus, Lyme disease, and herpes, can irritate the larynx’s nerves and cause direct damage.
·Neurological conditions.Vocal cord paralysis is a potential complication of certain neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Risk factors
Vocal cord paralysis may be brought on by a number of factors, including the following:
·Undergoing throat or chest surgery.Vocal cord nerve damage is sometimes caused by breathing tubes used during surgery or to help you breathe if you’re having serious respiratory problems. People who need surgery on their thyroid, throat, or upper chest are more likely to suffer vocal cord nerve damage.
·Having a neurological condition.Vocal cord weakness or paralysis is more likely to occur in people with specific neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis.
Complications
Vocal cord paralysis-related breathing issues can range from being minor—resulting in only a hoarse voice—to being potentially fatal.
Other complications may include choking on or actually inhaling (aspiration) food or liquid because vocal cord paralysis prevents the opening to the airway from fully opening or closing. Aspiration that results in severe pneumonia is uncommon but serious and needs immediate medical attention.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
There are many effective medicines available in homoeopathy for vocal cord paralysis, but the choice depends on the individuality of the patient, taking mental and physiological factors into account. Homoeopathy is a rapidly expanding system that is practiced all over the world. Its strength lies in its evident effectiveness as it takes a holistic approach towards the sick individual.
CAUSTICUM:Localized paralysis of the vocal cords, aphonia or hoarseness, difficulty speaking loudly, inability to peak loudly, dry hollow cough with mucus on the chest, patient unable to expectorate, must swallow the raised phlegm, and inability to cough deeply enough for relief are some of the symptoms of this condition.
COCCA :voice loss; a specific treatment.
COCCULUS INDICUS:Inability to breathe normally and a tendency to cough are all symptoms of a broken voice and repressed breathing.
GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS:Aphonia due to vocal cord paralysis, pain from the throat to the ear, post-diphtheria paralysis, a rough, burning sensation in the throat, difficulty swallowing, slow, labored breathing, and slow breathing with severe prostration are all symptoms.
LACHESIS :Voice loss due to vocal cord paralysis. Left side is more affected. Larynx is painful to touch. Sensation of suffocation and strangulation when lying down, especially when anything is around the throat, causes patient to jump out of bed and run for an open window. Patient feels the need to take a deep breath.
STANUM METALLICUM:Talking makes you feel weak in the chest and throat, and your voice will sound deep, hollow, and hoarse, or worse, mucus-hawking.
PHOSPHORUS:Larynx is raw, sore, furry, and painful when speaking. Aphonia is worse in the evening and has a raw quality.
POPULUS CANDICANS:The voice is restored by a voice producer.
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