The voice is like our name. You can quickly recognize who we are just by listening to it, as the saying goes, “You can hear the voice before you see it. Everyone has their own unique voice and it is essential to have a healthy voice for normal communication. However, there are more and more patients with voice problems among certain groups of people (such as teachers, housewives, salesmen, etc.). Ms. Lin, 28, has been working in an elementary school for more than a year. In the last six months, she felt hoarse as soon as she attended more classes, and felt a foreign body in her throat, as if she could not swallow a mouthful of phlegm and could not spit it out, and often needed to clear her throat after saying a few sentences. Three months ago, she went to the ENT Department of the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules and reflux laryngitis after a stroboscopic examination by Dr. Li Lixian. Dr. Li suggested her to take rabeprazole and give voice training once a week. After four weeks, Ms. Lin felt that her voice was much easier and the foreign body feeling in her throat disappeared. So, what is vocal cord nodules? How can I know if I have vocal cord nodules? How do I need to treat it? Vocal fold nodules are a type of chronic laryngitis, also known as nodular vocal fold inflammation, and are most commonly seen in soprano singers, elementary school teachers, housewives, and workers in noisy environments. If you experience hoarseness, you should visit an ENT office and have a stroboscopic laryngoscopy to determine the cause. Most patients with vocal cord nodules often have reflux laryngitis and can take anti-reflux medication with Chinese medicine or herbal medicine. At the same time, patients should receive voice training at least once a week, usually for four consecutive weeks, and apply the voice training method to their daily speech for a long time. How can high-risk groups prevent hoarseness more effectively? 1. Use your voice scientifically, do not use your voice excessively, do not speak too fast, and do not whisper. 2. Do not clear your throat too much. 3. Pay attention to vocal rest during the voice change period, menstruation period and pregnancy. 4. Drink more warm water after using your voice to keep your throat moist. 5.Quit smoking (including smoking and passive smoking), alcohol, spicy food, and should not eat too acidic and too sweet food. 6, throat discomfort to seek medical attention in a timely manner. In case of hoarseness caused by cold or infection, it is recommended not to speak as much as possible. What is better to eat for hoarseness? In addition to the prevention of hoarseness, to relieve the prevention and control of hoarseness or throat discomfort other symptoms can not be ignored, common methods are as follows: 1, eat Luo Han Guo. It can play a role in clearing heat and stopping cough phlegm and moistening the lungs. 2, eat olives. Containing food, can cure sore throat and protect the vocal cords. 3, eat radish. Raw pounding into ginger juice, to cure the loss of voice. 4.Eat popcorn. Cough down the gas, curing laryngitis, mouth sores, with fresh fruit juice, slowly pharyngeal service, also can open the voice. 5, eat sugar cane. Can moisten dryness and clear the lungs, cure pharyngitis, laryngeal. 6, plain eating some lung moistening effect of seasonal fruits, such as pears, water chestnuts, lotus root and other foods.