Season changing .
The wind is turning cooler.
I love fall and winter.
Love the winter clothes,the food and the cold crisp air.Life is perfect.
Only one hitch.
This is also cold and cough season!
You can suddenly have hoarseness ,sore throat ,Allergic Rhinitis.
You may find your voice lost, after a bout of shouting over the music at the party.
Biggest myth about hoarseness?
You should gargle a lot with warm water .
Truth :
Gargling will make your vocal cords even more tired and you hoarser.
When should you gargle ?
When you have throat pain and no hoarseness.
Can you have hoarseness without a cold?
Yes you can be hoarse ,without sore throat.
Hoarseness may be due to:
- Excessive smoking
- Shouting
- Improper use of voice
- Excessive singing
- Reflux
Hoarseness :Home care tips before you visit the doctor
What can you do to help your voice?
*No speaking at all over the next 36 hours.
*Use sign language, written words.The more disciplined you are about this ,better it is.
*Plain water steam inhalation 3 to 4 times a day through mouth. Be careful while taking Steam.Don’t burn yourself.
*Have soft warm food.
*Take multivitamin tablets for a few days.
*Chicken soup if you are non vegetarian can be included in your meals.
*Avoid spicy oily food.
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*Fruits and veggies are a must too.
All this together will help you get better.But the first two are most important.
When you should consider visiting a doctor?
- Difficulty breathing or swallowing
- Severe pain in throat .
- If your voice has been hoarse for more than three weeks.Especially if you haven’t had a cold or the flu.
- If you are coughing up blood.
- If you feel a lump in your neck
- If you have pain when speaking or swallowing,
- Lose your voice completely for more than a few days.
Disclaimer :This is meant as health information and should not be confused for professional advice.
Thanks for sharing the great info! As season is changing, we need to take care of our health wisely!
I love these tips! These are great help to deal hoarseness! Thanks for such informative post!
Great tips, I’ll be trying a few
Oh thank you very much for these tips! Very helpful and now I gain knowledge how to deal hoarseness if happens to me.
This is great advice. We’re big sports fans and often have hoarse throats from cheering. Mistakenly we often gargled but it didn’t work. Thanks for the help.
I love these tips, thank you. I rarely like to see the doctor so I always try to fix illnesses myself. If it gets really bad, I go, but other than that, I find staying at home works best for me and my family.
I love gargling it helps me so much. I do it when my allergies are out of control.
Last year around this time, I was losing my voice so I gargled with warm salt water as somebody suggested… I lost my voice completely for literally a whole week after that! I didn’t have a sore throat or anything. I was just super hoarse after battling a cold. This post would’ve been really helpful at that time!
And here I’ve always thought gargling was the way — lol.
Coincidentally, right now, I am having some difficulties swallowing, had to skip dinner tonight, but I think it’s something minor and I hope it’ll be gone by tomorrow morning.
I definitely don’t mind hoarseness, as long as I’m not in any pain! I’d rather lose my voice for an extended period of time than have a sore throat!
This is such an interesting article and I definitely found it helpful! I for sure deal with hoarseness this time of year so it’s good to know there are some things I can try at home before calling the dr!
I usually tend to let it fight the cold or what not, but yes I heard gargling with warm salt water helps but doesn’t taste so plesant either lol.
I agree. Warm food & drinks usually does the trick.
great tips! this came at the right time. We are transitioning seasons so so many people are getting sick. thanks for sharing
Oooo some really awesome tips here!!!! I really should go to the doctor more than I do!
I try to eat a lot of fruit and veggies and also drink lots of water.
Good tips for the upcoming cold season.
Thank you for all of this information. I had no idea that this is even an illness! So glad to have came across this.
I never knew that gargling was bad for a hoarse voice! I am definitely going to remember this. My kid has been complaining of an ear ache and sore throat this week as well. We are going to wait until monday to see if he feels better before taking him to the doctor. I’m hoping it’s just a cold.
I am trying to think of what would be classified as improper use of the voice lol but lovely tips. Thanks for sharing, no more gaggling indeed for me now.
These are such great tips! I remember when I completely lost my voice (literally, not a single sound came out of my mouth) on the morning of my final college musical performance and I had to sing a solo song! My utter panic didn’t help as there were no understudies! I try to keep myself as healthy as I can with lots of healthy odds, vitamins and dressing appropriately for he cold weather.
Yes that can be pretty stressful.Do share how you recovered.
How did you recover your voice?Thanks for sharing your story.Glad you liked this
Great to know! I rarely like to go to the doctor, so I’ll keep these tips in mind. I generally just start drinking a lot of water.
I am among those who believed in the myth of gargling water..thanks for the heads up!!
Glad you found it helpful
Very useful tips Amrita! A hoarse throat is very difficult to handle. I once had such a problem injanuary two years ago, from then I have never given chance to get it again. Oh it was horrible not able to express n to keep smiling at everyone when they ask you something.
having allergic cough Amrita help me with some tips..its over 2 weeks.