A new video and audio of a female patient with smoker's vocal cord polyps has been posted to our website. Check it out here.
Showing posts with label paradoxical vocal cord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paradoxical vocal cord. Show all posts
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008
It is actually a technique used by anesthesiologists to abort laryngospasm while a person is under general anesthesia. Basically, there is a "pressure point" known as the laryngospasm notch located right behind a person's earlobe, but in front of the mastoid bone. One needs to press very firmly deep and forward towards the nose on both sides when an attack occurs. If performed properly, it should hurt quite a bit and resolve the attack quite rapidly (within 10 seconds).
Here is a link to a journal article on the laryngospasm pressure point.
Read more about vocal cord dysfunction and laryngospasm here.
Monday, 11 February 2008
A new video example of a young patient with audible wheezing on fast breathing due to "non-organic stridor" has been posted. Patients with non-organic stridor are often erroneously diagnosed with vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) or exercise-induced asthma. Indeed, the only thing wrong with patients with non-organic stridor is the fact they produce a wheezy noise while breathing which can be simply controlled by breathing in through the nose or slowing down their breathing rate. No medications or really any other treatment is required.
The typical patient with non-organic stridor is a young female athlete whose symptoms occur during heavy exercise. Usually, the noisy breathing is described as wheezing or stridor and most prominent on inhalation though could occur on exhalation.
Sunday, 11 February 2007
I read this article in USA Today on vocal cord dysfunction and though this condition does exist, I do believe it is over-diagnosed. Another common cause of stridor with exercise is due to non-organic stridor where the vocal cords are so pliable, they vibrate even when they are widely apart, especially in young female athletes.
The key for diagnosis is to perform a fiberoptic laryngoscopy when symptommatic. Previous patients of mine know that I make them run laps around our office building until they start having symptoms at which time I will perform the exam. Here is more info on this particular topic.
The key for diagnosis is to perform a fiberoptic laryngoscopy when symptommatic. Previous patients of mine know that I make them run laps around our office building until they start having symptoms at which time I will perform the exam. Here is more info on this particular topic.
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