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Laryngitis – Treatments and Possible Complications

Drug Therapy

With catarrhal laryngitis, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial sprays are prescribed. If after 5 days such treatment has not brought an effect, or from the onset of the disease with purulent forms, antibiotics are prescribed for oral administration. First of all, this is amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, macrolides (erythromycin, azithromycin) or fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin) can also be used.

Antibiotic therapy [4] can be combined with laryngeal irrigation with a solution of hydrocortisone emulsion, antibiotic, and peach oil.

In the allergic form, antihistamines of different generations are prescribed (tavegil, suprastin, loratadine), if necessary, supplementing the treatment with a short course of glucocorticoids.

With mycotic laryngitis, the appointment of antifungal agents is required, with specific options – anti-tuberculosis, anti-syphilitic treatment.

At the same time, pathogenetic agents are used – mucolytics, vitamins, absorbable, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs.

In case of purulent variants, detoxification therapy is prescribed with the help of intravenous administration of saline solutions, antibiotics, and intravenous administration of nutrient mixtures.

In chronic edematous-polypous laryngitis, it is possible to inject glucocorticoids directly into the vocal folds during micro laryngoscopy.