Vocal polyps are usually not cancerous, but patients often experience hoarseness, change in voice range, and fatigue.
Usually, patients with vocal polyps will experience hoarseness, and as the condition worsens, it may develop from intermittent to persistent. At the same time, the patient may also occur in the range of change, mostly manifested in the pronunciation of the high pitch or the range of reduction, for the condition of the less serious patients, the use of the voice is also easy to fatigue, some patients may also be accompanied by delayed pronunciation, timbre changes and other phenomena.
For patients with more severe disease, when they speak loudly, their voices are unstable, and their pronunciation is more strenuous, which leads to excessive force of vocalization, severe hoarseness, or even loss of voice. In addition, patients may also experience symptoms such as pharyngeal discomfort, throat clearing, pharyngeal pain when pronouncing words, etc. If the polyp is huge, it may also manifest as dyspnea and stridor.
It is recommended that patients with vocal polyps determine the extent of their condition based on their own symptoms in a timely manner and take targeted treatment as prescribed by the doctor to avoid aggravation of the symptoms.