Symptom
Hoarseness
A change of vocal quality characterized by rough, harsh, or breathy phonation and impaired voice strength or pitch control, typically resulting from dysfunction or inflammation of the vocal folds and laryngeal structures. Possible causes are voice strain/overuse, vocal cord nodule/polyp/cyst, laryngitis, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, air pollution, allergens, gastroesophageal reflux disease, laryngopharyngeal reflux, vocal cord paralysis/paresis, neurological disorders (parkinson's disease, stroke), aging, thyroid disease, and laryngeal cancer.
Also known as: Dysphonia
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute laryngitis
- Amyloidosis
- Benign vocal cord lesion
- Croup
- Epiglottitis
- Esophageal cancer
- Esophageal hiatal hernia
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Inhalation injury
- Laryngeal cancer
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease
- Leishmaniasis
- Leporsy
- Lung cancer
- Mitral stenosis
- Parathyroid cancer
- Pharyngitis
- Pulmonary edema
- Reinkes edema
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Systemic sclerosis
- Thyroid cancer
- Vocal cord immobility
- Wegener's granulomatosis
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.