Larynx Transplant A Success In California With Woman Being Able to Talk Again
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Medical QuackPosted
Fri 21 Jan 2011 3:57am
in 2006. This is only the second successful voicebox transplant in the US. 18 hours and 2 days of surgery is a long time too.
According to the article her voicebox was damaged while she was sedated a few years ago and keep pulling a breathing tube out and damaged her voicebox. Insurance nor the government cover such procedures yet
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Digital case challenge: Laryngeal lesion mimicking carcinoma
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Mark Pool, MDPosted
Mon 19 Apr 2010 1:13pm
.) The consistent theme is that laryngeal blastomycosis is a mimic of squamous cell carcinoma in the larynx, similar to cutaneous lesions associated with pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia..., budding, and size, a diagnosis of laryngeal blastomycosis was made.
The literature has sporadic reports of laryngeal blastomycosis and paracoccidiomycosis and the last report
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New Research: Laryngeal Penetration and Aspiration
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Cheri FrakerPosted
Tue 24 Jun 2008 12:00am
Deep Laryngeal Penetration as a Predictor of Aspiration
Journal: Dysphagia Publisher-Springer New York
ISSN 0179-051X (Print) 1432-0460 (Online)
Issue: Volume 15, Number 3... has been written about laryngeal penetration as a separate diagnostic event from aspiration. Laryngeal penetration has been described as an infrequent event in adult individuals
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Still Really Sick With Laryngitis & a Bad Cold
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Connie BennettPosted
Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:12pm
I'm still really, really sick with laryngitis and a really bad cold. While my voice might sound sexy -- which is what several people (men and women) have told me -- it would be really nice to have it back and be able to talk normally.
Eesh, I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Back to nap more.
I'll be back soon -- I plan on getting my
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It must be Laryngitis - I have no voice at all today!!!
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BarmacPosted
Thu 04 Feb 2010 11:51am
to do with Laryngitis and taken paracetamolplenty of fluids and sucking on throat pastilles but no change yet with every bone in my body hurting.
I guess it can only be Laryngitis as that's about the only thing I can think of when you lose your voice. I've no tonsils but my throat does feel as if its full of cut glass and the paracetamol have done
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Laryngitis
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BarmacPosted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:48pm
I saw the Doc this morning after another awful night and she said it is definitely Laryngitis and to just keep doing what I was already doing and drink plenty of fluids and rest so I've slept for most of the day again today and hope that wont mean I wont sleep tonight.
When I got up this afternoon I must admit I did feel a little better so I'm
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Laryngitis Lynnie
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Lynn BeringPosted
Mon 27 Sep 2010 5:24pm
My son-in-law loves me, even though he insists on calling me Lynnie every chance he gets.
“Goodbye, Laryngitis Lynnie!” he said yesterday as I was leaving Pittsburgh, big grin on his face.
Love you, too, Matt. *eyeroll*
It happens every couple of years, this laryngitis nonsense that always eventually makes sense. I felt it coming
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Lung Cancer and Laryngitis
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CCLCM Student ..Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:03pm
This has been a rough week, and I have really been dragging. It felt like Friday would never come. I still don't completely have my voice back even now, but the cough is a lot better. I can talk a little bit as long as I talk softly.
Wednesday was a really long day. I had PBL and a lung cancer path seminar in the morning, then a pulmonar ...
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Warning - graphic pics. An inside look at Laryngomalacia
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HopePosted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:03pm
is and what she's having done next week. I'll try to explain this the best I can. Ava's upper larynx (cartlidge) is immature and collapses when she inhales. This causes airway obstruction. Her supraglottic larynx is tightly curled and closes in on itself. To be spacific, it's omega shaped.
Here's where is gets graphic. It's much easier to show you
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Thyroid Update: The Butterfly in My Neck
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Keiko ZollPosted
Fri 18 Jun 2010 3:40am
Why the butterfly in my neck? The thyroid gland kind of looks like a little butterfly as it sits on your larynx. The butterfly is also the symbol of thyroid cancer survivors as well (no, I don't have cancer, but I like the transformational inspiration associated with the butterfly).
As you know, in addition to POI, I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis
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