What to do if a 6-year-old child has a hoarse voice?

In life, many parents may find that their children's voices always become very hoarse. As the children grow older, their voices become very thick. So, have such young children begun to change their voices? In fact, not really. What should we do if a 6-year-old child has a hoarse voice? Let's understand why children have hoarse voices, and what are the problems with their vocal cords?

Because children are still developmentally immature, they are gradually getting rid of the state of compliance psychologically. They have a strong desire for self-expression and weak self-control, so it is easy for them to overuse their voice and injure their vocal cords. Most children with long-term hoarseness have developed vocal cord nodules. In mild cases, the voice is weak and the tone is changed. In severe cases, the voice is hoarse and even breathing is difficult. What should we do if children have hoarseness?

Here we consulted the ear, nose and throat experts from Dongying and Jiakang Hospital to let these experts tell us what to do with hoarseness, especially hoarseness in children.

What to do if children have hoarseness (I)

In order to prevent children from having hoarse voices, teachers and parents should remind children not to overuse their voices when reading and singing, avoid shouting, talk too much, and avoid drinking cold drinks after talking for a long time to avoid acute laryngitis.

In addition, you should eat a light diet, seek timely treatment for colds and flu, and pay attention to indoor and environmental hygiene. Whenever you feel your throat is dry after using it, you should drink more warm water. Children who have developed hoarseness should keep silent for a week or speak as little as possible. At the same time, they should take throat lozenges orally to eliminate throat inflammation. If conditions permit, nebulizer inhalation therapy can be used.

Nowadays, many children tend to be naughty and shout constantly, which will affect the ligaments of their throats. Problems with tonsils and dry throat may cause hoarseness in 6-year-old children. What should we do? We can let children drink more water to replenish water and not eat too much ice cream.