As the year draws to a close, forced by parents’ [coercion and inducements], they have the cheek to ask relatives and friends to help introduce them. Very not easy to have one that looks appropriate, but if they accidentally commit occupational diseases, the first time they meet, they become…
Are you nervous?
The blind date introduced today is not bad. He is 1.8 meters tall and has a good occupation. He is a university teacher.
Arrived at the appointed cafe on time, and the other party was already there.
Originally everything was quite smooth, but the other party cleared his throat from time to time, which touched my sensitive occupational disease nerves. All kinds of background knowledge of clearing his throat came out of my mind involuntarily:
Clear throat is a normal physiological reaction. When clearing throat, air flow vibrates throat, which can make secretions attached to throat bounce off, thus relieving symptoms such as throat itching and foreign body sensation. In addition, when mental anxiety occurs, throat will be dry and tight, and will involuntarily clear throat to moisten mucous membrane and relax throat muscles.
His occupational disease?
After all this time, I am still clearing my throat. I don’t look nervous.
The brain began to recall relevant knowledge again.
Repeated throat clearing may be:
- Mental factors, judging from his performance, can be ruled out. Professional factors require frequent use of voice, throat is prone to fatigue and dryness, and involuntary voice clearing is prone to occur. This is possible. He is the teacher. Acute and chronic pharyngitis, slow inflammatory stimulation of throat, more and sticky pharyngeal secretions, difficult cough out, clear voice; Acute and slow rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, postnasal drip, nasal mucus backflow stimulate throat, throat secretions accumulate; Gastroesophageal reflux, gastric acid reflux to throat, burns, stimulates throat mucosa, produces throat dryness, itching, stabbing pain, foreign body sensation, etc. Allergic reaction of throat mucosa, when allergen directly stimulates throat mucosa, causes pharyngeal itching and secretion increase; Laryngeal cancer and hypopharyngeal cancer, these two cancers may only show pharyngeal foreign body sensation in the early stage, causing repeated throat clearing, and may also be accompanied by hoarseness, bloody sputum, dysphagia, etc.
Did you catch a cold?
Ahem, ahem, ahem…
Did you catch a cold?
No, I just look at you as if you are absent-minded and want to attract your attention.
Seeing that you have been clearing your throat, I thought you had a cold.
Is there? I seem to be, I didn’t even notice it. I may often use my voice too much in lectures, and my voice is not very good.
Cleaning your throat is a bad habit.
There is no problem in clearing your throat occasionally, but clearing your throat can only temporarily drive away phlegm, and then phlegm will still accumulate slowly. However, if you clear your throat frequently, it will not only damage your vocal cords, but also affect normal communication if you form the bad habit of clearing your throat repeatedly.
When the voice is cleared frequently and forcefully, the airflow impacts the vocal cords to make the vocal cords vibrate violently, which in the long run leads to vocal cord congestion, vocal cord nodules and even vocal cord polyps, causing hoarseness to varying degrees.
Under normal circumstances, there is a layer of secretion attached to the surface of throat mucosa, which plays a barrier role of moisturizing, sterilizing and resisting infection. Repeated throat clearing may damage this layer of mucosal barrier, resulting in persistent acute and chronic pharyngitis.
How to do throat itch?
As you said this, you feel more and more uncomfortable in your throat. You always want to clear your throat. (Ahem Ahem) Is there a good way for what?
First of all, to confirm whether there are organic diseases, it is necessary to go to the hospital’s Department of Five Officials, Respiratory Department and other relevant departments for perfect examination.
If the doctor clearly tells you that there is no problem with your physical condition, There is no need to tangle too much. This kind of situation is often found in pharyngeal paraesthesia. It feels that there is a foreign body in the pharynx, but it cannot be swallowed to cough up. Usually there is no risk of malignant transformation. It is often not felt when busy and the symptoms worsen when idle. The symptoms can be improved by adjusting emotions, relieving pressure and finding something to distract attention.
In addition, when you want to clear your voice, you can do the action of pharynx and saliva, which can also have the effect of removing secretions and consciously avoid clearing your voice.
In life, you need to quit smoking and drinking, stay away from second-hand smoke, drink more warm water, avoid spicy and greasy food, rinse your mouth after meals, pay attention to cleaning, keep warm, and seek psychological counseling when necessary.
When your throat is sore and itchy, you must talk less and rest more to avoid excessive use of your throat.