Hoarse voice

[daisya]

Is it at all possible for a hoarse voice to be caused by antibiotic ear drops used to treat an ear infection, which actually turned out not to be an ear infection at a later date? The hoarseness has lasted since February and still continues but the pain in the ear has long gone.

Thanks in advance for any advice and help.

[boxtops]

Have you been back to the doctor, daisy? It seems a long time to have been suffering a condition like this, you need to get it checked out.

[RATTER15]

Naaayy, no idea.

[RATTER15]

Sorry! :-)

[Buenchico]

I suppose that it's theoretically possible that an allergic reaction to the drops MIGHT be the cause but it's also theoretically possible that I could win the Lotto jackpot tomorrow. The probabilities are likely to be similar!

Here are the known causes of laryngitis:
http://www.nhs.uk/Con...tis/Pages/Causes.aspx

However, here are the symptoms of cancer of the larynx:
http://www.nhs.uk/Con...x/Pages/Symptoms.aspx
NB: I'm not trying to worry you but I am most definitely suggesting that you need to consult your GP as soon as possible.

Chris

[daisya]

Thanks boxtops yes I have and seen a consultant but cannot have the camera up the nose and into throat, it's not something I can do. I also have and have had for a some years, congested lungs that produce lots of phlegm (yuk) after I have eaten which I have to cough up, it's horrendous. They don't know what is causing it and that got much worse at the same time the hoarse throat came up when the "ear infection" started. All sounds connected to me but the hoarse voice ONLY started after I put the ear drops in yet the docs say that wouldn't do it. Difficult all this but just wondered if anyone else knew of the connection between the drops and throat problems.

[daisya]

Thanks Chris, you and Ratter posted and I didn't see them. Still feel it's the ear drops and/or lung problem but will keep an eye on things and see how it goes, just fed up with it all now but I'm not good dealing with medical things for myself so it's difficult but thanks all for the input.

[Sqad]

There is NO connection between the use 0f ear drops and your hoarseness.

If you are taking a steroid spray for your unspecified lung condition then that may well cause hoarseness.

Someone needs to look at your vocal cords and this can be done without a camera.

[daisya]

Thank you sqad. I would be very grateful if you could tell me how they can look at the vocal cords without the camera as they insist that's the way they do it. I also have thyroid probs and wonder if that is another contributory factor. (not taking anything for the lungs as they don't know what the problem is).

[Sqad]

daisya...easy....just look down with a laryngeal mirror and with the tongue held from the mouth, a technique routinely used before the camera cam of age............. however, may it be, that the younger generation of ENT surgeons have failed to use that technique.

The other method is to have the coeds looked at under G.A.

Unless I know the problem that you are having with your thyroid, then I cannot answer your question.

The lung problem could also be a cause of your hoarseness.

Bottom line is........those vocal cords need visualising.

[rowanwitch]

you can have the camera(bronchoscope) under light sedation...we used to do quite often for nervous patents so just go back and explain your fears.....its not too bad just to the 'voicebox' .. please go back and let them do it just to be on the safe side... if they use midazolam (hypnoval) you won't even remember it afterwards

[Sqad]

rowan....good point, but with hypnoval the patient cannot respond to the spoken voice and it is necessary to see the vocal cords moving to rule out a paralysis or paresis..............sedation precludes this important step.

[rowanwitch]

less than 5mg for most people keeps them calm while allowing them to respond...its why our consultants used it for gastroscopy lists as the patient could obey commands etc like 'swallow' and we also used it for all our cystoscopy pre meds..(2.5mg as most were elderly and a bit frail)). you could have a conversation with the patients in theatre to distract them albeit sometimes very odd ones

[Sqad]

rowan...right

[daisya]

Thanks rowan and sqad. I just cannot go through the camera thing it's too much for me even voicing my fears they say that's all they can do. I feel it's a combination of having had ear "infection" (or something), throat infection at same time was also diagnosed then later I was told I didn't have either but I felt I did as I had a sore throat as well as the ear prob. The hoarsness only started after that and the meds. As for the lung condition, they have never been able to tell me what that is, lots of phlegm after food and that got worse after the ear, throat "infection" and antibiotics. As for thyroid, hypo/hashimoto's/thyrotoxicosis but not treated as I swing from hypo to hyper at times. Weird I know and amazed the docs apparently so all they have done is monitored it after initial treatment with thyroxine which made me ill. Appreciate your reading this and any advice, thank you.

[SMP]

My daughter was referred to ENT because she kept losing her voice. She has rhinitis, asthma and other allergies. Saw ENT Thursday, discovered she has a deviated septum, congenital, (she's 23 now). Aso waiting for CT scan of sinuses. Lining of nose very swollen and this and blocked sinuses causing post nasal drip which in turn is causing sore throat, along with lack of smell, can't taste food, pressure in face. She will be having surgery, septoplasty and possible sinus wash out. She had camera up her nose, not pleasant but bearable, the worst part was the local anaesthetic.