
Laryngitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Mar 11, 2025 · Laryngitis can be acute or chronic, infectious or non-infectious. Accompanying signs of infectious laryngitis include odynophagia, cough, fever, and respiratory distress. The most common variant is acute viral laryngitis, which is self-limiting and usually related to an upper respiratory infection. Bacterial laryngitis can be life-threatening.
Laryngitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best …
Mar 11, 2025 · Laryngitis can be acute or chronic, infectious or noninfectious. Accompanying signs of infectious laryngitis include odynophagia, cough, fever, and respiratory distress. The most common variant is acute viral laryngitis, which is self-limiting and usually related to an upper respiratory infection. Bacterial laryngitis can be life-threatening.
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Nov 22, 2024 · Acute pharyngitis is characterized by acute onset of sore throat; the absence of cough, nasal congestion, and nasal discharge suggests a bacterial etiology.
Evaluation of hoarseness and dysphonia - BMJ Best Practice
Apr 5, 2024 · Dysphonia, also known as hoarseness, is a general term used to describe a variety of changes in voice quality
Gastroesophageal reflux disease - BMJ Best Practice
Jan 28, 2025 · Typical symptoms are heartburn and acid regurgitation. Extraesophageal symptoms include cough, laryngitis, asthma, or dental erosion. Katz PO, Dunbar KB, Schnoll-Sussman FH, et al. ACG clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Laryngitis - References | BMJ Best Practice US
Laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx, which can lead to edema of the true vocal folds. Causes may be infectious or noninfectious (e.g., vocal strain, reflux laryngitis, chronic irritative laryngitis). Laryngitis is often clinically diagnosed, with acute disease presenting with hoarseness that...
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice US
Apr 16, 2024 · Laryngeal cancer is frequently associated with smoking and alcohol consumption. Hoarseness, dysphonia, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, referred otalgia, vocal cord lesions on indirect laryngoscopy, and neck mass/adenopathy that persists for >3 weeks are sentinel signs that should be evaluated...
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Apr 16, 2024 · Laryngeal cancer is frequently associated with smoking and alcohol consumption. Hoarseness, dysphonia, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, referred otalgia, vocal cord lesions on indirect laryngoscopy, and neck mass/adenopathy that persists for >3 weeks are sentinel signs that should be evaluated...
Respiratory syncytial virus infection - BMJ Best Practice
Dec 10, 2024 · RSV commonly causes symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection in people of all ages as well as bronchiolitis, viral pneumonia, and laryngitis (croup). [Figure caption and citation for the preceding image starts]: Electron micrograph revealing the morphologic traits of the RSV CDC/Palmer EL; used with permission [Citation ends].
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Oct 15, 2024 · Barrett esophagus is a change in the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus to specialized intestinal metaplasia.