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What Causes Speech Impediment After Radiation For Lungs?
My dad recently finished 10 treatments of radiation on his lung. He is now having unresponsive episodes where the nurses cannot wake him. All of his vital signs are good. Brain MRI and CAT scans are normal. When he is awake he knows who is there, answers questions right, but only in one or two words, and his speech is almost like he had a stroke. Can you help?
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
Recurrent laryngeal nerve damage can occur after receiving radiotherapy for treatment of lung cancer.our vocal cord nerve supply is by recurrent laryngeal nerve.so its damage causes hoarseness of voice and unclear voice.it may transient or it may be permanent.
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