Etiological Aspects of Hoarseness of Voice Among Patients Attending in A Tertiary Care Hospital: Etiological Aspects of Hoarseness

Bakht  Zada; Sobia  Humerah; Muhammad  Habib; Javed  Iqbal; Muhammad  Nadeem; Ali  Khan

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v5i6.570

Authors

Bakht Zada ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital MTI Peshawar
Sobia Humerah Al Nafees Medical College, Islamabad
Muhammad Habib Peshawar Medical College Peshawar
Javed Iqbal Sahara Medical College Narowal
Muhammad Nadeem ENT Department, M. Islam Medical & Dental College, Gujranwala
Ali Khan Gomal Medical College, D. I. Khan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i6.570

Keywords:

laryngitis and hoarseness, laryngeal neoplasms, laryngeal tuberculosis

Abstract

Hoarseness of voice is much frequent in recent times and it alters the normal quality of voice Objective: To understand and assess the etiological factors of hoarseness. Methods: A Non-randomized, longitudinal and cross-sectional study was conducted in the ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar and Al Nafees Medical College and Hospital, Islamabad for six months duration from September 2021 to February 2022. All subjects with a history of hoarseness underwent routine specific clinical evaluation to establish diagnosis. The simple manual analysis was applied for final outcomes assessment with percentage and frequency using SPSS 21.0. Results: Participants enrolled were 150, amongst them, the patients of 21-30 and 31-40 years of age suffered from hoarseness. Likewise, 98 (72%) were males, 52 (28%) were females with a M: F proportion of 1.45: 1. According to the distribution, the utmost communal etiology observed in this study was acute laryngitis (30%), trailed by acid peptic laryngitis in 25.3%, laryngeal neoplasms in 8.7% and other includes laryngeal tuberculosis, intubation granuloma, and very rarely trauma. Conclusions: There was an etiological variability of hoarseness, varies from simple laryngitis to malignant neoplasms. For this reason, it is significant not to overlook hoarseness and a thorough examination, investigation and proper history should be taken

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