Enlarged throat

Introduction Throat enlargement is one of the symptoms of the boy's voice change period. The change period: the change period refers to the 14-year-old DD16-year-old teenager, because of the hoarseness, narrow range, pronounced fatigue, local congestion and edema, and increased secretions accompanying the growth of the throat and vocal cords. As a result, the voices of speaking and singing are different from those of childhood and last for six months to one year.

Cause

The highest dominance of male sexual maturity is not the pituitary gland but the nervous system. The thalamus secretes "gonadotropin-releasing hormone," which causes the pituitary gland to release follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. Other hormones in the human body, such as adrenocortical hormones, also have an effect on the development of sexual organs. In addition, there are some non-hormone factors and general conditions of the body and nutritional psychology, which will directly or indirectly affect the development of sexual organs.

an examination

Its performance is: the throat is enlarged, the larynx is prominent, and the pharynx and vocal cords are enlarged and thickened. The whole period of sound change can be divided into three stages: the initial stage of sound change, the middle stage of sound change (that is, the strong period of sound change) and the late stage of sound change. In the early stage of the change of voice, the physiological changes are still not obvious. Their vocal cords have been slightly congested mainly because of poor persistence of vocalization, fatigue, and unsteady sound, which is very laborious when singing. There was no obvious change in the throat and thyroid cartilage during this period. The voice was still childish, but it was hoarse and rough. At the beginning of the voice change, the girls often feel the sound stagnation. After about 1-3 months, the sound gradually becomes full, and the false sounds gradually become apparent. In the middle of the voice change, the physiological changes are very obvious. The vocal cords are diffusely hyperemic and edema. The back end of the vocal cords is not fully closed, so the sound is not easy to control, the tone is also darkened and dumb, and hoarseness and broken sound are easily generated when singing, and even the phenomenon of sound loss occurs. Therefore, in this period, we must pay special attention to the hygiene of singing. During this period, the boy's throat increased rapidly, the vocal cords grew (about one-third longer than the girls' vocal cords), thickened, chest sounds increased, and the voice gradually became low (about one octave lower than girls).

Differential diagnosis

Although the symptoms caused by the voice change of girls in this period are not obvious to boys, the vocal cords, mouth and nose, and pharyngeal mucosa have secretions. During this period, they should take care of them and try to eliminate the obstacles to their voice change. In the late stage of the change of voice, the physiological changes tend to ease. A series of symptoms such as vocal cord congestion gradually disappeared and basically shaped. The sound is basically close to the sound of an adult, and the timbre between men and women is very different, usually showing an octave distance, and the characteristics of the voice are also very obvious.

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