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I have been experincing a hoarse voice, throat pain, swelling and bad breath for three years.... I have been diagnosed with asthma, allergies, phenmonia and strep. I have been on a numreous mounts of medication.... I am on 20mg of cetizine, astelin, fluticasone, three types of inhalers and 40 mg of prilosec.... The only thing that seems to help is steroids (which I don t want to take again). Last summer I was treated for thyroid cancer which I had no symptoms of except for my throat issues. The first ENT I saw did not take me seriously and never did a scope of my throat.....Finally he gave in and did an ultra sound of my thyroid were three nodules were found.... He did a byopse of the largest, which he saw the need to wait six months....I went and got a second oppinion the cancer was in one of the smallest noduals.... I had my first 6month check up in january where all of the tests came back negative.. during my cancer treatment I didn t notice any of the throat sensations, other during the end of my radiation treatment where I was getting sever swelling so they put me on steroids...then my symptoms came back last november... The throat issues appear every three months, and the symptoms last a month....The only constant is a sore throat...I notice that when my voice is hoarse if I smoke it causes a decrease of the hoarseness for about an hour then return.... I don t feel like I am being taken seriously by my doctors... The ent who did my thyroidectomy noticed redness and swelling in my throat but stated that she felt it was due to allergies, but I am on mega allergie meds have no other allergie symptoms but still have the throat issues.... I had a appointment for a throat specailist but my deductable is not fully paid off so my insurance is not covering the appointment and I didn t have the money to cover the appointment.....what do I do, how can I be taken seriously, it s going on the fourth year of this please help me!!!! kat
Thank you for the question.. Brief... cause of hoarseness can be the complication of thyroidectomy due to nerve damage detail... there are some complications that can happen after thyroidectomy..for example,1..post operative injury to recurrent laryngeal nerve.(.which causes hoarsness),2..Hypoparathyroidism..(if damage to four small glands located behind your thyroid,resulting in abnormally low calcium levels and an increased amount of phosphorus.3.infection...which can cause sorethroat.etc First of all get your vocal cords movement checked by doctor ,abnormal movement may mean that a laryngeal nerve is injured,and it may cause hoarsness too. other tests to know if your symptoms are due to a paralysis of vocal cords are.. Videostrobooscopy or flexible laryngoscopy by a laryngologist.. Hope my answer will be helpfull for you..plz feed back. Dr.Maheshwari
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Thank you for the question.. Brief... cause of hoarseness can be the complication of thyroidectomy due to nerve damage detail... there are some complications that can happen after thyroidectomy..for example,1..post operative injury to recurrent laryngeal nerve.(.which causes hoarsness),2..Hypoparathyroidism..(if damage to four small glands located behind your thyroid,resulting in abnormally low calcium levels and an increased amount of phosphorus.3.infection...which can cause sorethroat.etc First of all get your vocal cords movement checked by doctor ,abnormal movement may mean that a laryngeal nerve is injured,and it may cause hoarsness too. other tests to know if your symptoms are due to a paralysis of vocal cords are.. Videostrobooscopy or flexible laryngoscopy by a laryngologist.. Hope my answer will be helpfull for you..plz feed back. Dr.Maheshwari