What happens if you don’t have surgery for vocal polyps

Vocal polyps without surgery will lead to more serious clinical symptoms, may appear persistent hoarseness, complete loss of voice, breathing difficulties and other symptoms. 1. Persistent hoarseness: This is due to the fact that vocal polyps can cause poor closure of the vocal folds, resulting in hoarseness; if no surgical treatment is performed, the continuously irritated vocal polyps will further increase in size, leading to severe poor closure of the vocal folds and causing persistent hoarseness. 2. Complete loss of voice: Vocal polyps are a manifestation of long-term vocal cord irritation, including smoking, reflux and muscle tension dysphonia; the persistent development of vocal polyps will cause the vocal folds to fail to close, at which time the vocal folds will not be able to come together in the midline, and the air will pass through the vocal folds directly, failing to cause the superficial layers of the vocal folds to vibrate, resulting in complete loss of voice. 3. Difficulty in breathing: When the size of the vocal polyp gradually increases, its position will change, which may lead to blockage of the airway and cause difficulty in breathing. Vocal polyps are usually treated with surgery, and the surgery will be based on the size and location of the polyp to choose the appropriate surgery, commonly used surgery under local anesthesia vocal polypectomy, general anesthesia microscopic support laryngoscopy under vocal polypectomy and so on. There may be risks of postoperative bleeding, sore throat, and lack of improvement in voice quality after surgery. If diagnosed with vocal polyp disease, early and standardized treatment is recommended to minimize the adverse effects of the disease.