I was just wondering if other asthmatics have experience of getting a cold, then after the cold has progressed ending up with laryngitis. I haven't been formally diagnosed with the laryngitis but the symptoms fit, sharp pain in my voice box on talking, croakiness, weird tickly sensation and dry cough and unable to shift a bit of mucous at the back. It has been going on now 6 weeks after the cold started (rest of it duly disappeared 5 weeks ago) but I've been left with this irritating problem that when I go to speak sometimes nothing comes out and a sharp pain shoots through my larynx/throat. I have booked an appt to see the doctor as I think its probably something that needs investigating even if its just to check everything is ok. Highly irrating when I answer the phone at work though and the poor person at the other end gets 5-6 seconds of a strangled noise before I can form words.
I guess what I'm just asking is has anyone else experienced this? Got 8 days until I can get to see my GP and I just wondered if this is a common asthma related type thing or not.
My last cold produced laryngitis. Told not to try speaking. Not even a whisper as apparently damages the vocal chords. Also not to force myself back to speaking too quickly. Or would return.
Of course I did not heed this advice and since then, every hint of a cold has had me croaking again. My friend on tablets after breast cancer op two years ago, finds she too gets laryngitis at the drop of a hat compared with before op.
We're putting it down to faulty immune system.
Thank heavens I'm not going mad! Sorry to hear about your experience GrannyMo but you have made me feel certainly less worried than I was. I think what concerned me most was the length of time it has being going on and you know you kind of start thinking the worst, especially since i had an aunt who died of throat cancer. So even though the rational part of my brain was going ""its a residual laryngeal infection"" the other part was going panic panic panic! Guess its just a case of wait and see what the doctor says. Dreading if I have to go on antibiotics though as they make feel terrible for the first 2-3 days.
Thankyou so much for replying xxx you have helped put my mind at ease xxx
Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.
Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.