The loss of voice is not the most pleasant event in life, especially if there is no possibility to get sick, and the work is connected with the need to talk a lot. How quickly to restore the hoarse voice, so that the rest of the working day does not seem torture?
- Why
- disappears How to repair
- Tablets
- Folk remedies
- Exercises
Voice is the ability to make sounds by exhaling air masses through the mouth and nose. Passing through the larynx, air, vibrates ligaments or vocal cords, forming sound vibrations. A special and individual tone to the voice is attached to the resonators, the role of which is filled with air filled cavities( pharyngeal, nasal and upper part of the trachea).Usually, if a cold or viral illness is not involved, the vocal cords will moisturize well enough and they will again perform their functions.
Why the
disappears Most often the voice disappears in the cold season, when the height of viral infections: ARD, ARVI, influenza. After a cold, hypothermia of the legs and / or the whole body, recovery of voice functions may also be required. In this case, malaise can accompany dryness and sore throat, pershenia, cough, hoarseness, fever, fever.
Other causes of aphonia( loss of sonority, with the ability to speak in a whisper):
- Chronic pharyngitis and laryngitis. Develop after malignant measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, sore throat, with the constant carrier of pathogenic bacteria( streptococcus, staphylococci), fungi( Candida genus), with prolonged inhalation of too hot, cold, dusty or chemically polluted air.
- Overdried air adversely affects the ligaments. It may be in summer in extreme heat or, conversely, in winter, when a cold wind blows in the street, and in the room it is overdried by heaters.
- Prolonged vocal cord tension( conversation), screaming, improper breathing and rare hydration of the larynx. Everybody whose activities are connected with voice( lecturers, teachers, operators of Call-centers, etc.) fall into the risk zone. A separate position is occupied by singers - constant loads and changes in the timbre of voice turn their bundles into "labor corns".
- Severe agitation, shock or stress often causes paresis or paralysis of the larynx( numbness), hoarseness. This also includes clamping, lack of voice, inability to speak out, when accumulated grievances psychologically cover the person's throat.
- Violations of sound functionality are often noted after operations on the thyroid, removal of tonsils, larynx, or other interventions in the nasopharynx.
- The hushed voice, especially in the morning, is inherent in chronic smokers.
- The voice can disappear after irradiation or chemotherapy in the treatment of oncological diseases of the nasopharynx, as well as with prolonged use of certain medications.
- Dry, poorly chewed food, can scratch or irritate the mucous membrane of the throat, causing hoarseness. This category includes: crackers, seeds, chips, nuts, carbonated drinks, coffee, alcohol, spices, too hot or cold food.
How to restore
There are a few simple tricks and tips to quickly restore the voiced voice:
- Silence. Bundles also need rest. It is necessary to wrap your throat with something warm and for a while just shut up. If there is a need to speak, it is better to do it in a whisper.
- Warm drinks. Many experts recommend drinking hot drinks: teas, fruit drinks, herbal decoctions. The main thing is that they are not burning. Some prefer to be treated with warmed-up alcoholic beverages. The best is helped by wine, cognac or beer, drunk at night, just before bedtime. It is useful to add a little honey, ginger, berries of a viburnum or a slice of a lemon in a drink.
- Rinse. To prepare the broth, it is recommended to use decoctions of herbs and rinse the throat every hour and a half.
- Inhalation. Warm steam will warm and moisturize the throat. Disinfect and soften the regular procedures with a nebulizer( hardware inhaler) with medicines or herbs.
- The right food. To restore ligaments you need light protein food, fresh and baked fruit and vegetables. Recommended: meat and vegetable broths, boiled white meat, yogurts, milk, butter and vegetable oil, berries, citrus fruits, onion garlic, carrots, beets, etc.
- Less smoking and trying to breathe moistened air.
- Treat the nerves. Try not to be nervous, do not raise your voice in a stressful situation, master relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, yoga. If you have serious problems, visit a psychologist.
Tablets
Drugs for voice restoration:
- Pharyngocept is an antibacterial drug used to treat the oral cavity.
- Sepptelet is a combined preparation that provides antimicrobial, antitussive, analgesic and emollient action.
- Decatalin - has bactericidal, fungistatic and analgesic properties.
- Homeware is a complex homeopathic drug used to treat throat disorders( hoarseness, laryngitis, loss of voice, fatigue of the vocal cords, etc.).
- In the treatment of throat diseases, sprays are very effective:
- Hexoral - has antiseptic, antimicrobial, analgesic, hemostatic, enveloping and moisturizing properties.
- Ingalipt is a disinfectant and anti-inflammatory drug.
- Chlorophyllipt is an antibacterial agent on natural ingredients.
- Cameton is a combined preparation for the treatment of the oral cavity, has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects.
Folk remedies
To restore the voice of folk healers recommend:
- Fruits of figs pour warmed milk and mash. Milk to boil to bring is not necessary. After changing the color, the drink is ready for use. Drink 2-3 times a day.
- It is useful to drink hot milk with honey for the night before going to sleep. You can add a piece of milk in a piece of butter or cocoa butter, with a better softened ligament.
- Gogol-mogol will help with sore throats, hoarseness and to restore voice. Prepare a drink by beating 2 yolks with sugar or 2 tablespoons of honey. Then add half a glass of warm milk. Some recipes suggest adding more orange juice, spices, a few tablespoons of cognac or rum. The remaining proteins are whipped into a steep foam with sugar and added to the mixture. Drink in a warm form.
- Take equal portions of cognac, freshly squeezed lemon juice, honey and beaten egg. Mix well, warm and drink half the glass 3-4 times a day.
- Mix in equal parts of the grass: chamomile, eucalyptus, calendula. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture with boiling water, insist half an hour. Gargle with a warm broth every 1.5-2 hours.
- Warm compress on the throat for the night. You can use any pre-heated vegetable oil or cabbage leaf, smeared with honey. Then wrap the neck with a warm scarf.
Exercises
A widespread use in recent years for the treatment of sound pathologies has been phonopedia, a section of speech therapy that deals with the restoration of voice with the help of special pedagogical techniques. Phonopedic exercises are developed individually for each patient, taking into account the characteristics of voice disorders and congenital condition of ligaments.
Training begins with the pronunciation of a set of closed syllables in combination with soft sounds:
- ladies, house, doom, dam, dim;
- is given, don, tung, deng, din;
- gave, dol, blew, dale, dil;
- bam, boom, boom, bam, bim;
- ban, boon, bun, ban, bin, etc.
Then pass to direct syllables with sonoras of the type:
- ma, mo, mo, me, we;
- on, but, well, ne, us;
- la, lo, lu, le, etc.
Next are breathing and sound exercises, similar to the singing of singers.
- head back, and produce sounds, like when rinsing your throat, while you have enough breath;
- mooing with simultaneous tapping of the fingertips with the nostrils;
- tapping with the index finger on the upper lip, pronouncing syllables "would-be-would" in one breath;
- after a deep sigh should be knocking on the chest, and simultaneously utter vowel sounds;
- "pose of a lion" - maximally stick out your tongue and try to pronounce the sound "to".
To achieve the best effect of therapeutic procedures and exercises, it is advisable to massage the larynx. To do this, two fingers need to perform circular movements in the larynx region and then move towards the chest.
Thank you very much for the information. I play basketball there often, sometimes screaming, so then the throat is persh and the sound turns sour.
Thank you for the article. Just in the situation of complications after SARS: hoarseness of voice, dryness and perspiration, cough. I will use your advice, everything is realistic. All success!