Re: vocal cord dysfunction

[Guest guest]

Funny you should ask...

I had an annoying sore throat for weeks and treated it with saline

gargles, lozenges at work and just toughing it out. The doc just said

it looked red but offered no other suggestion. I had thought possibly

it was attributable to all my MDI usage (flovent, serevent and ventolin

HFA) but he didn't think so.

One miraculous day the soreness vanished only to have this horrible

hoarseness appear. I'd lost my voice before from incessant coughing but

had no cough this time. I was just relieved to have gotten rid of the

sore throat!

After 10 days of this going on, the speech therapist at work questioned

me- thought perhaps I was a smoker (heaven forbid!) and after having me

try to make some sounds (at which I failed miserably) expressed her

concern that I may have a paralyzed vocal cord. At her urging I am now

trying to coordinate an appointment with the ENT and speech pathologist

for testing...

If that doesn't work I'm going to sing with Rod ...

>

> Subject: asthma vs vocal cord dysfunction

> I went for a follow-up with my pulminologist recently and he brought up>

something> which quite of made me curious. He said something about me possibly

having> vocal cord dysfunction but he didn't elaborate. I wonder if anyone on

this list> have any thoughts to share about that?? Anyone here has this

mentioned before?> What is it and how is it different from asthma? What are the

different> treatments involved.

> > Just wondering,> Kaye

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Joanne:

I'm glad that you dropped the line about you voice, as I have been having a

problem for about a week, some coughing but not much... but if I talk for to

long(10min) with out some moisture (water etc) then I get so I don't have my

voice...Orla

Joanne wrote:

>

>

> Funny you should ask...

>

> I had an annoying sore throat for weeks and treated it with saline

> gargles, lozenges at work and just toughing it out. The doc just said

> it looked red but offered no other suggestion. I had thought possibly

> it was attributable to all my MDI usage (flovent, serevent and ventolin

> HFA) but he didn't think so.

>

> One miraculous day the soreness vanished only to have this horrible

> hoarseness appear. I'd lost my voice before from incessant coughing but

> had no cough this time. I was just relieved to have gotten rid of the

> sore throat!

>

> After 10 days of this going on, the speech therapist at work questioned

> me- thought perhaps I was a smoker (heaven forbid!) and after having me

> try to make some sounds (at which I failed miserably) expressed her

> concern that I may have a paralyzed vocal cord. At her urging I am now

> trying to coordinate an appointment with the ENT and speech pathologist

> for testing...

>

> If that doesn't work I'm going to sing with Rod ...

>

> >

> > Subject: asthma vs vocal cord dysfunction

> > I went for a follow-up with my pulminologist recently and he brought up>

something> which quite of made me curious. He said something about me possibly

having> vocal cord dysfunction but he didn't elaborate. I wonder if anyone on

this list> have any thoughts to share about that?? Anyone here has this

mentioned before?> What is it and how is it different from asthma? What are the

different> treatments involved.

> > > Just wondering,> Kaye

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

I have the same problem but it takes longer than 10mins. I have had a cough

for about 3 weeks now. Nothing seems to help. And my doctor wont prescribed

anything for me. Anyone know a good remedy for a cough

Tami