Voice & Swallowing Disorders

Symptoms include;
–       Difficulty swallowing
–       Pain with swallowing
–       Foreign body sensation in the throat
–       Mucus in the throat/ post nasal drip
–       Throat clearing 
–       Hoarseness 
 
If you have any of these symptoms, it could be due to another condition such as;
–       Allergies
–       Sinusitis 
–       Inflammation in your nose/sinuses
–       Reflux (LPR/GERD)
–       Vocal cord lesions (polyps, nodules, granulomas, cysts, papillomas etc)
–       Muscle tension dysphonia
–       We must rule out other causes as well (malignancy or other voice/swallowing disorders)
 
When a patient presents with voice and swallowing disorders, we make sure to do a thorough exam with a procedure called “Flexible Laryngoscopy”.
A small camera is used to look in the nose, throat and larynx. 
(We anesthetize the nose with a spray first)