A Study of etiopathogensis of hoarseness in a tertiary health care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of ENT - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Hoarseness can be defined as a change in the quality of voice which is caused by abnormal vocal cord movement Aims and Objectives: Study of etiso-pathogensis of hoarseness in a tertiary health care centre. Methodology: After approval from institutional ethical committee a cross sectional study was carried out at the tertiary health care centre during the one year period i.e. 2017 to January 2018 in the patients presented with hoarseness of voice in the Department of Otolaryngology were included into the study. In the one year period there were 86 patients were enrolled with valid consent. All details of the patients like age, sex, etiology and associated factor were asked. The data is presented in the tabular form and expressed in the percentages. Result : In our study we have seen that, the majority of the patients were in the age group of 50-60 were 24.42% followed by 40-50 were 22.09%,30-40 were 17.44%, 20-30 were 15.12%, 10-20 were 10.47%, <10 were 3.49%. The majority of the patients were Male i.e. 60.47% and Female were 39.53%, The majority patients with etiology of Inflammatory Acute laryngitis in 17.44% followed by Vocal cord polyp- 15.12%, Acute laryngitis- 12.79%, Chronic non specific laryngitis-10.47, Carcinoma larynx- 9.30, Tuberculosis of larynx- 8.14%, Reinke’s edema, Vocal cord paralysis - 5.81%, Laryngeal papilloma- 4.65%, Muscle tension dysphonia Adduction gap and Functional aphonia in 3.49%,Intubation granuloma-2.33%, Dysphonia plicae ventricularis-1.16%. The majority of the patients were associated with Smoking were 48.84%, followed by Alcohol-44.19%, Tobacco- 40.70%, Smoking + alcohol-33.72%, Senile-31.40%, Smoking+ tobacco in 26.74%, Vocal abuse-15.12%,History of trauma -10.47% Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study the majority of the patients were in the age group of 50- 60, The majority patients with etiology of Inflammatory Acute laryngitis, Vocal cord polyp, The majority of the patients were associated with Smoking, followed by Alcohol, Tobacco.
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Pramod kumar, Anshu kumar
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