A new video has been posted of a 1 month old child with mild stridor secondary to laryngomalacia, specifically of the epiglottis. Check out the video here.
Showing posts with label stridor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stridor. Show all posts
Monday, 22 December 2008
Friday, 10 October 2008
The Washington Post on September 23, 2008, published a story of a severe sore throat due to epiglottitis, a severe infection involving the epiglottis, a structure immediately above the airway, which can result in death if not treated quickly. However, due to an accurate diagnosis, treatment with antibiotics and steroids was quickly provided and the patient recovered uneventfully.
Read the story here.
Read the story here.
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.
Monday, 3 December 2007
A new video and audio example of a patient with noisy breathing due to a large ball-valving polyp has been posted. This particular polyp is a variation of Smoker's Polyp and is treated with excision and voice therapy. Quitting smoking is also an important component to help prevent this from recurring.
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