Inflammatory changes as a risk factor in the development of phonoponosis.

Abstract

Inflammatory changes of the upper respiratory airway mucosa are very often observed in phonoponoses. While treating phonoponoses, we frequently find that general practitioners and even otorhinolaryngologists, while paying greatest attention to this component, neglect treatment for voice and phonatory pattern disturbance, and the patients are referred to a phonitrician with delay. The aim of the work is to study the frequency of inflammatory processes of the upper respiratory airways in phonoponoses and an attempt to establish the connection between these changes and the development of phonoponoses. The study involved 358 patients with different types of phonoponoses. Inflammatory changes were found in 84.6% of the cases, which was statistically highly significant. With inflammatory processes on the vocal organs the appearance of phonoponoses is facilitated. In that sense the inflammatory processes are risk factors in the appearance of phonoponoses.