Xiao Xu is a high school English teacher, usually more classes, sometimes after a few consecutive classes, he felt his throat “hairy”, as if there is something stuck, clearing his throat a few times after some improvement, but soon feel discomfort again. While talking with other teachers in the office, he realized that similar symptoms were still common. “Chronic pharyngitis is an occupational disease of teachers, so usually when I’m not in class I rarely speak, speak more softly, and drink more tea, you see I have a cup of tea in my hand, it’s all for the maintenance of the voice.” The older Mr. Li taught his experience to Xu and several other colleagues. Indeed, chronic pharyngitis is a common disease, which is a chronic inflammation of the pharynx, nasal mucosa, submucosa and its lymphatic tissue. Du Huaidong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Fudan University, told reporters that teachers account for a significant proportion of the chronic pharyngitis patients encountered in the clinic. This is mainly due to the inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat due to excessive use of the voice during long lectures, unscientific pronunciation methods and inhalation of dust. The main symptoms of chronic pharyngitis include discomfort in the throat, foreign body sensation, dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat, dry cough without sputum, etc. Due to chronic inflammation of the pharynx causing thicker secretions to adhere to the back wall of the pharynx, as well as open-mouth breathing at night due to nasal, sinus, and nasopharyngeal lesions, irritating cough and nausea often occur in the morning. Chronic pharyngitis is not only common, but also easily recurring, and this prolonged nature also makes many patients suffer. How can chronic pharyngitis be better treated and prevented? The director suggested that from the treatment point of view, for chronic pharyngitis is not advocated with antibiotic treatment, but mainly Chinese medicine treatment. Some patients think that since there is “inflammation”, you can use antibiotics, in fact, chronic pharyngitis is not caused by bacterial infection, so the use of antibiotics is not the right symptoms, but not help and may cause abuse. The chronic pharyngitis patients can choose some oral tablets, or the choice of Chinese medicine, in addition to the treatment of drugs, but also the choice of honeysuckle, Luo Han Guo, fat sea and other Chinese herbal tea drink, etc., to play a certain role in supporting health. In terms of prevention, we should pay attention to several points: 1. Since excessive use of the voice and improper pronunciation methods are the main factors causing chronic pharyngitis, we should avoid excessive use of the voice as much as possible. For teachers, they can learn from the former teacher Li, who said that since lecturing is unavoidable, they should “cherish the use of voice” outside the classroom, try to speak less, lower the volume when speaking, and whisper better. The company’s main goal is to provide a comprehensive range of products and services to the public. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this. Mr. Qian’s voice has been hoarse from time to time, especially when he speaks loudly, so he rushed to the hospital in order not to affect the quality of his classes. After examination, the doctor told Mr. Qian that his hoarseness was due to vocal cord nodules. Mr. Qian couldn’t help but ask anxiously, “Does that require an operation?” In recent years, it is not uncommon to find “vocal cord nodules” and “vocal cord polyps” in medical examinations. Most of them are very apprehensive after getting the report, “Can vocal cord nodules/polyps become cancerous and do they have to be operated?” Du Huaidong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Fudan University, told reporters that vocal fold nodules are a chronic form of laryngitis in which nodular protrusions grow from the edges of the vocal folds, mostly appearing bilaterally. Vocal fold polyp is also a common disease in the larynx, often attached to the edge of the anterior and middle 1/3 intersection of one side of the vocal folds, mainly caused by long-term inappropriate pronunciation methods or excessive pronunciation at one time; both vocal fold polyp and nodule can make the vocal folds close incompletely during pronunciation, resulting in hoarseness and fatigue. Most vocal fold nodules do not require surgery. In the early stage of vocal fold nodules, after proper vocal fold rest, reasonable vocal training, stop smoking and limiting alcohol, most nodules will gradually become smaller and disappear. Patients do not need to worry too much. Patients can also choose some Chinese medicines under the guidance of their physicians. Surgery will only be considered for larger vocal cord nodules that do not work after rest and medication. For patients with vocal cord polyps, surgical removal is currently the main treatment. With the advancement of modern medicine, patients who have vocal fold polyps removed can now be discharged from the hospital in 1 day if they are fast. Vocal fold nodules and vocal fold polyps are a kind of chronic inflammation of vocal folds, which can be recovered after treatment and generally will not become cancerous. Therefore, patients with laryngeal leukoplakia should be closely followed up and, if necessary, undergo pathological examination. In addition to hoarseness caused by vocal cord nodules, vocal cord polyps and vocal cord leukoplakia, there is also a malignant disease – laryngeal cancer. For patients with hoarseness accompanied by laryngeal obstruction, cough, blood in sputum, with neck mass, and older patients, attention should be paid to exclude the possibility of laryngeal cancer during the consultation.