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Laryngitis
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis common
Linked signs and symptoms
16Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Breath Shortness (Dyspnoea)
- Breathing Painful or Difficult
- Cough
- Difficulty Eating
- Dry Throat
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Hoarseness in the Voice
- Loss of Voice (Aphonia)
- Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
- Mind: Malaise
- Pain Throat
- Skin: Swelling Beneath The Skin (Angioedema)
- Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)
- Throat Sore (Pharyngitis)
- Voice: Abnormal Sound
- White Blood Cells Raised
Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
16Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Behavioural changes
1Alternative and complementary therapies
6- Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra)No Recommendation(Low Evidence)
- Flax Seed OilNo Recommendation(Low Evidence)
- Peppermint OilNo Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)
- Red Pepper (Capsaicin)No Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)
- Six Flavor Tea (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Rehmannia Six)No Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)
- Speech Therapy
Alternative medicine
4Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
1These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological markers/agents
3This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
3- Alpha-1-Globulin (Blood, Serum)Reference range exampleAll: 0.1–0.3 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsProtein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- Alpha-2-Globulin (Blood, Serum)Reference range exampleAll: 0.6–1 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsProtein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- Beta GlobulinReference range exampleAll: 0.7–1.2 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsProtein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Laryngitis
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Six Flavor Tea (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Rehmannia Six) [1, 11, 12]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to show that Six Flavor Tea helps in any way in the treatment of laryngitis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Peppermint Oil [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that peppermint helps to treat laryngitis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Flaxseed Oil [1, 2, 3, 4]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that flaxseed oil helps to treat laryngitis)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Red Pepper (Capsaicin):
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that red peppers help to treat or prevent laryngitis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra):
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (Available evidence does not support claims that Black Walnut helps to treat laryngitis)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/flaxseed
3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-flaxseed.html
4. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/flaxseed/index.htm
5. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/peppermint
6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420159
7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19507027
8. http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/alternat/AT022.html
9. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-peppermint.html
10. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/peppermintoil/index.htm
11. Shen JJ, Lin CJ, Huang JL, Hsieh KH, Kuo ML. The effect of liu-wei-di-huang wan on cytokine gene expression from human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Am J Chin Med. 2003;31(2):247-57.
12. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/six-flavor-tea