If your throat doesn’t hurt but your voice is hoarse for a long time, you should consider that it is caused by vocal cord nodules, vocal polyps and nerve damage.
1. Vocal cord nodules: Vocal cord nodules may be caused by excessive use of voice, improper use of voice and other factors. Patients will have hoarseness, vocal fatigue and other symptoms, if the patient has a vocal cord nodule or manifested as vocal cord nodules.
2. Vocal polyps: Vocal polyps are considered to be caused by upper respiratory tract infections, occupational use of voice and other reasons. Patients will manifest hoarseness, loss of voice, dyspnea and so on. Therefore, patients with vocal polyps will have the symptom of prolonged hoarseness without pain in the throat.
3. External nerve injury: if the recurrent laryngeal nerve is damaged, the patient will show hoarseness, paralysis of the vocal cords, vocal disorders. If the patient’s recurrent laryngeal nerve is traumatized, the patient will have the symptom of no pain and itching in the throat but hoarse voice for a long time.
Long-term hoarseness of the larynx without pain or itching cannot be ruled out as a tumor lesion. Therefore, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in time, and the doctor will choose the appropriate measures for treatment after clarifying the cause of the disease.