So why clear your throat? What are the dangers of clearing your throat? How to avoid throat clearing?
1. Nervous
For example, during interviews and public speeches, due to tension and pressure, you may unconsciously clear your throat and relax your throat muscles to relieve anxiety.
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Studies have found that children’s frequent throat-clearing behavior is intensified when they are emotionally tense, and it decreases when they are concentrated. School phobia and cognitive pressure on performance will all aggravate frequent throat-clearing behavior.
2. External environmental influence
Smog, flying catkins, dust and soot will make the air contain large particles, which will irritate and damage the human respiratory tract, causing throat discomfort and pain.
3. Bad living habits
Bad living habits such as drinking too little water, smoking, drinking, and staying up late can all induce throat discomfort.
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Drinking too little water will lead to the lack of water in the throat mucous membrane, and the secretion of mucus in the throat will decrease, resulting in dryness and discomfort in the throat. Tobacco contains many harmful substances, such as nicotine, benzene, formaldehyde, etc., which can damage the mucous membrane of the throat, causing symptoms such as laryngitis and throat discomfort.
Alcohol can cause inflammation of the lining of the throat, which can lead to symptoms such as throat discomfort and pain.
Staying up late for a long time will lead to a decline in immunity, which can easily cause various diseases, including laryngitis, dry throat and so on.
4. Throat disease
When suffering from throat diseases such as rhinitis, laryngitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, etc., which will cause pharyngeal secretion disorders, throat clearing will be used to relieve discomfort.
Due to the persistence of throat inflammation, or the adhesion of secretions on the surface of the mucous membrane, it will cause discomfort to the human body. The human body eliminates these “foreign objects” through the “throat clearing” action to relieve discomfort.
5. Acute and chronic rhinitis, acute and chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis
Due to excess nasal secretions, some flow backwards into the throat. A small amount of secretion may be subconsciously swallowed along with our drinking, eating and other actions. However, there are still secretions that will stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat and cause discomfort, resulting in more secretions. The human body eliminates the secretions through the “throat clearing” action.
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Clearing the throat has these 3 hazards!
Under normal circumstances, when we make a sound, the vocal cords on both sides are tense, the glottic fissure is narrowed, and even almost closed. The airflow rushing out of the trachea and lungs continuously impacts the vocal cords, causing vibration. Under the control of the coordinated action of the muscles in the larynx, the glottis The fissure is regularly controlled, and the sound from the larynx is the fundamental sound, which is enhanced and changed by the resonance of the pharynx, mouth, nose, sinuses, trachea and lungs, and becomes the sound heard.
When clearing the throat, the vocal cords will be tensed instantly, and the airflow inside and outside the respiratory tract will violently vibrate the vocal cords, which will damage them, which will not only make the throat more dry and itchy, but also induce chronic pharyngitis and other diseases .
1. Damage to the vocal cords
The airflow violently vibrates the vocal cords, which can cause damage, aggravate the discomfort of the vocal cords, and cause a hoarse voice.
Damage to the vocal cords (pixabay)
2. Cause vocal cord disease
When clearing the throat, the airflow will impact the vocal cords. If the vocal cords are congested and edema, it will cause vocal cord nodules or vocal cord polyps, and even acute and chronic pharyngitis in severe cases.
3. Harm the mucous membrane of the throat
Repeated clearing of the throat will damage the protective secretion attached to the surface of the throat, damage the throat mucosa, and easily lead to acute and chronic pharyngitis.
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How to avoid frequent throat clearing?
In order to avoid frequent throat clearing, we need to take more care of our throats. So how can it be done? Here are some methods:
1. You can drink a big sip of water immediately, and swallow slowly, try to choose warm water, stay away from hot water or ice water.
Drink water (Image: Pexels)
2. Relieve discomfort by swallowing repeatedly, sticking out the tongue, or breathing out instead of clearing the throat.
3. Wear a mask. Masks can filter dust, viruses and bacteria in the air, thereby reducing irritation to the respiratory tract. When you go to places with serious air pollution (such as dust, car exhaust, smog, cigarette smoke, etc.), or when catkin pollen is flying, you must wear a mask.
4. Try to use the nose to breathe on weekdays. Some people have the habit of mouth breathing, but frequent mouth breathing can easily cause dust and cold air to directly stimulate the throat and induce pharyngitis.
5. When the throat clearing action is too frequent, persistent, or even gradually aggravated, accompanied by other abnormal sensations in the throat, such as eating problems, slurred speech, pain, etc., you should see a doctor in time. The first choice is the otolaryngology department. Through the electronic rhinolaryngoscope, you can clearly understand the conditions of the nasal cavity, pharynx, laryngeal cavity and large air ducts, and make appropriate diagnosis and treatment for repeated “throat clearing”.
2023-09-02 08:35:03
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