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Symptoms Of Laryngeal Foreign Body

Categories: FOREIGN BODIES IN THE AIR AND FOOD PASSAGES
Sources: A Manual Of Peroral Endoscopy And Laryngeal Surgery

1. Initial laryngeal spasm followed by wheezing respiration, croupy

cough, and varying degrees of impairment of phonation.

2. Pain may be a symptom. If so, it is usually located in the

laryngeal region, though in some cases it is referred to the ears.

3. The larynx may tolerate a thin, flat, foreign body for a

relatively long period of time, a month or more; but the development

of increasing dyspnea renders early removal imperative in the majority

of cases.



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