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Acute Laryngitis

Aka: Acute Laryngitis, Viral Laryngitis, Bacterial Laryngitis
  1. See also
    1. Hoarseness
  2. Etiologies
    1. Viral infection (Most common)
      1. Parainfluenza Virus
      2. Rhinovirus
      3. Influenza virus
      4. Adenovirus
      5. Coronavirus
    2. Bacterial infection
      1. Acute streptococcal pharungitis
      2. Diphtheria (rare in United States due to vaccine)
      3. Moraxella catarrhalis
      4. HaemophilusInfluenzae
    3. Atypical infections
      1. Coccidioides immitis
      2. Cryptococcus neoformans
      3. Tuberculosis
      4. Blastomycosis
      5. Histoplasmosis
  3. Symptoms
    1. Hoarseness or harsh voice
    2. Aphonia (voice breaks intermittently)
    3. Upper respiratory symptoms variably present
    4. Leukocytosis if bacterial
  4. Differential Diagnosis
    1. See Hoarseness
    2. Croup
    3. Bacterial Tracheitis
    4. Acute Epiglottitis
  5. Management
    1. Increased household humidity
    2. Voice rest
    3. Increase hydration
    4. Analgesics
    5. Antibiotics have not been shown to be beneficial
      1. Schaleaen (1985) Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 94:14
      2. Schaleaen (1993) Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 102:209
  6. Course
    1. Viral upper repiratory infection: 3-8 days
  7. Indications for ENT Consultation
    1. Hoarseness persisting beyond 2 weeks
  8. References
    1. Caserta in Mandell (2000) Infectious Disease, p. 662

Acute laryngitis (C0001327)

Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9 464.0
ICD10 J04.0
SnomedCT 155506009, 195690008, 6655004
English LARYNGITIS, ACUTE, Acute laryngitis NOS, laryngitis acute, acute laryngitis (diagnosis), acute laryngitis, Laryngitis (acute), Laryngitis acute NOS, LARYNGITIS ACUTE, Acute laryngitis NOS (disorder), Laryngitis (acute) NOS, Laryngitis;acute, Acute laryngitis, Acute laryngitis (disorder), Acute Laryngitis
Dutch laryngitis acuut NAO, laryngitis (acuut), acute laryngitis, Acute laryngitis
French Laryngite aiguë SAI, Laryngite (aiguë), Laryngite aiguë
German Laryngitis (akut), akute Laryngitis, Laryngitis akut NNB, Akute Laryngitis
Italian Laringite acuta NAS, Laringite (acuta), Laringite acuta
Portuguese Laringite aguda NE, Laringite aguda
Spanish Laringitis (aguda), Laringitis aguda NEOM, Laringitis aguda, Acute laryngitis, laringitis aguda (trastorno), laringitis aguda, SAI (trastorno), laringitis aguda, SAI, laringitis aguda
Japanese 喉頭炎（急性）, 急性喉頭炎, 急性喉頭炎ＮＯＳ, ｷｭｳｾｲｺｳﾄｳｴﾝ, ｺｳﾄｳｴﾝｷｭｳｾｲ, ｷｭｳｾｲｺｳﾄｳｴﾝNOS
Czech Akutní laryngitida, Akutní laryngitida NOS, Akutní zánět hrtanu
Korean 급성 후두염
Hungarian Laryngitis (acut), Laryngitis acut k.m.n., heveny gégegyulladás
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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