The throat can’t speak like a mute, belongs to the hoarseness, common causes are excessive use of voice, laryngitis, vocal cord benign and malignant tumors and so on. 1. Excessive use of the voice: prolonged singing or speaking can cause congestion and swelling of the mucous membrane of the vocal folds, leading to hoarseness. In general, after a period of rest, less talk, most can be relieved. 2. Pharyngolaryngitis: Viral or bacterial infection caused by acute pharyngolaryngitis, acute epiglottitis and other diseases, mainly manifested as pharyngeal pain, fever, difficulty in swallowing and breathing. When the scope of the lesion involves the vocal folds, there is mucosal edema of the vocal folds, which is manifested as hoarseness. 3. benign and malignant tumors of the vocal cords: for example, common vocal cord nodules, polyps, laryngeal cancer, etc., will cause hoarseness symptoms. Throat can not speak like dumb may also be caused by other reasons, if you can not relieve or accompanied by other discomfort, should go to the hospital in time to identify the cause and targeted treatment.