Botox Injection Severe Side Effects Treatment

Side effects from botox injections are not uncommon and even expected to some degree in the region where the injection was performed. For example, when botox is injected into the voicebox for spasmodic dysphonia , normal and expected side effects include hoarseness and dysphagia . However, in very rare instances, more severe side effects may occur that may even appear to be life-threathening including stridor , shortness of breath, profound difficulty swallowing , etc. Botox overdose so …

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Does Stridor HAVE to be Present for Diagnosis of Vocal Cord Dysfunction?

Laryngospasm , the most severe form of vocal cord dysfunction , does include stridor as a symptom. However, a patient can still suffer from vocal cord dysfunction and even laryngospasm without an obvious stridor present. In order to understand stridor's relationship to vocal cord dysfunction (VCD), one must first understand what exactly is happening anatomically... or skip to the bottom of the article if you already understand the basics. When a person breathes, the vocal cords move …

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Benign Stridor Often Mistaken for Laryngospasm

Laryngospasm causes a high-pitched squeak or wheezing sound when a person is trying to breath due to abnormal vocal cord movement. Watch video regarding this condition. Larygnospasm (the most severe form of vocal cord dysfunction ) is commonly misdiagnosed as asthma and patients may go for years labelled as asthmatic even though they may not have it at all. However, though laryngospasm is often the victim of misdiagnosis, there is a condition known as non-organic stridor which is often m…

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Video of Exercise Induced Vocal Cord Dysfunction

Vocal cord dysfunction (also known as paradoxical vocal cord movement) is a condition where the true vocal cords (TVC) do not move the way they are supposed to. Normally, the vocal cords move apart (abduct) when breathing and come together (adduct) when talking. Vocal cord dysfunction is when the vocal cords adduct (come together) when breathing resulting in shortness of breath and at its worst, complete airway obstruction resulting in stridor known as laryngospasm. The video shown …

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Olympic Athlete Hopeful With Vocal Cord Dysfunction

There was a recent article about Hannah Lupton, a heptathlete, who suffers from vocal cord dysfunction . This disorder is basically when the vocal cords come together during inhalation when it should be apart resulting in shortness of breath localized to the throat area. Normally, during breathing, the vocal cords are apart as shown in the picture. When talking or swallowing, the vocal cords come together (TVC is True Vocal Cord). Laryngospasm , which is the most severe form of vocal co…

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What Is a Pulmonary Stress Test?

Image by Wikipedia At least in the ENT world, a pulmonary stress test is a very useful test when evaluating a patient with symptoms of shortness of breath, stridor, and/or wheezing that occurs only when exercising. The most common reason for an ENT evaluation in these patients is to determine whether paradoxical vocal cord motion is occurring or some other pathology such as tracheomalacia or laryngomalacia . Usually, the patient has already undergone extensive pulmonary testing for asthma…

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