A muffled voice (or hoarseness) is a symptom of many diseases, and it is not possible to determine which disease it is a precursor to. It can also occur with chronic laryngitis, vocal polyps and laryngeal cancer.
1. Chronic laryngitis: When chronic laryngitis occurs, the voice will be hoarse, and the throat will be itchy, dry, painful, etc. When swallowing, there will be obvious foreign body sensation in the throat, and there will be violent coughing.
2. Vocal polyps: hoarseness may be caused by patients suffering from vocal polyps. Patients with vocal polyps will have obvious hoarseness in their voice, and they will feel extra hard when they speak, and serious vocal polyps may lead to loss of voice.
3. Laryngeal cancer: hoarseness may be an early symptom of laryngeal cancer. Early stage of laryngeal cancer patients’ voices will become hoarse, and some of them will have swelling in their throats. In the later stage, there may be sore throat, hemoptysis, dyspnea and other symptoms.
In addition, hoarseness may also be caused by other diseases, so it is necessary to go to the hospital in time for examination to confirm the cause of the disease, and then actively cooperate with doctors for treatment to avoid deterioration of the condition.