Is it possible for vocal nodules to become cancerous?

? If vocal nodules are not treated in time, they will evolve into vocal polyps and induce inflammation in neighboring organs, which will further increase the difficulty of treatment, and sometimes they may even become cancerous. Vocal cord nodules are extremely common in life, mostly occurring in people who use their voices excessively, such as teachers, singers and so on. Its main symptom is hoarseness, accompanied by dryness of the throat and foreign body sensation in the throat. If not treated in time, vocal cord nodules will evolve into vocal polyps and induce inflammation of the adjacent organs, further increasing the difficulty of treatment, and sometimes even cancerous. Vocal cord nodules have the possibility of cancer, patients need to be vigilant Vocal cord nodules occur due to long-term vocal inappropriate, or began after a strong voice, can also be secondary to upper respiratory tract infections, colds, acute and chronic laryngitis, rhinitis can be the cause of this disease, smoking can stimulate the vocal cords, part of the menopausal women occurring in this disease and the lowering of the level of hormones related to the mild only a slight change in the voice, the heavier hissing obvious and even difficult to pronounce the voice. Vocal fold nodules can make the vocal folds close incompletely when pronouncing, resulting in hoarseness, and due to the increased weight of the vocal folds, resulting in fatigue of pronunciation, which will be gradually aggravated if not treated in time, and the hoarseness will be gradually aggravated in the late stage and be persistent, and there may be symptoms such as blood in the sputum, lymph node metastasis in the neck, and even complete loss of voice. Vocal nodules may also become cancerous without you realizing it. Timely treatment is the key to avoid cancerous changes of vocal cord nodules. For vocal cord nodules, patients must do early detection and early treatment. The key to avoiding cancerous vocal fold nodules is early detection and early treatment. Treatment of vocal cord nodules with drug therapy is generally ineffective, the traditional treatment method is in direct laryngoscopy, indirect laryngoscopy or supportive laryngoscopy under surgical treatment, but these methods of high technical requirements, often under general anesthesia surgery, the patient's pain is great. The "minimally invasive fiberoptic laryngoscopy" can be conveniently removed under the electronic monitoring of the vocal cord nodules, is currently the most ideal method of treatment of vocal cord nodules. Fiber laryngoscopic surgery can magnify the image and provide a clear visual field, which can detect hidden tiny lesions, smoothly deal with the lesions in the anterior connectivity and below the edge of the vocal folds, and remove them accurately, with little damage and mild postoperative reaction. Fiber laryngoscope surgery to remove vocal cord nodules, with a clear field of vision, high surgical accuracy, small damage, light reaction, less pain for patients, and simple and easy to perform, to make up for the shortcomings of the traditional surgery, for the pharyngeal reflex is strong, the neck is thick and short, the difficulty of opening the mouth, the old and weak, etc. patients is a practicable method. At the same time to correctly vocalize to reduce the damage to the pharynx voice should be multiple parts of the body, such as the abdomen, diaphragm, etc. *** with the same role, which not only makes the sound loud, long-lasting, but also minimize the damage to the vocal cords; in accordance with the usual normal voice, the volume can be appropriately lowered in order to avoid uneven airflow on the vocal cords. Also try to avoid dust, particles and other harmful substances stimulation. Drink more water and eat less spicy and sweet food to moisten the throat. Especially during the cold, early inflammation should be timely treatment; if the throat is infected by inflammation, viral infection, easy to lead to local congestion and edema caused by hoarseness. This time should be timely treatment, so that the acute pharyngolaryngitis recovery, otherwise turned into chronic, effective treatment is more difficult. The treatment of vocal cord nodules should first pay attention to vocal rest, avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy food stimulation. However, as vocal cord nodules are not caused by bacterial infections, it is not recommended to use antibiotics for treatment in order to avoid damage to the liver. Experts remind, appear hoarse more than three weeks, after conservative treatment is ineffective, must go to a professional hospital for examination and treatment. 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