MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -What is aphonia? If you have aphonia or loss of voice, it means you can’t make yourself heard because your voice sounds hoarse, or you can’t speak above a whisper. Sometimes you can’t speak at all. Other times you may not want to speak because you think your voice sounds strange or different.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aphonia indicates a complete airway obstruction. Hoarseness is specifically localized to the larynx and is associated with edema and unilateral vocal cord dysfunction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Initial symptoms of acute laryngitis are usually abrupt in onset and worsen over two or three days, though may persist up to a week without treatment. These can include: Change in quality of voice, in later stages there may be a complete loss of voice (aphonia)

Detailed explanation-4: -Laryngitis. Voice changes related to the brain and nervous system, known as spasmodic dysphonia (spaz-MOD-ki dis-FOE-nee-uh) Polyps, nodules or cysts on the vocal cords-growths that aren’t cancer. Precancerous and cancerous growths. Vocal cord paralysis or weakness. More items •07-Oct-2022