Doctors named the factors that negatively affect a person's voice

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According to experts , the voice is a very subtle substance, and the process of voice formation is quite complex. In addition to the direct vocal folds, almost all body systems are involved in it – respiratory, central nervous, muscular, endocrine and others. tension, pain syndrome in the area of ​​the cervicothoracic spine and many other things can lead to a change in voice quality,” the doctor said.

Systematic overtension

The specialist noted that the development of both functional and organic changes in the vocal apparatus can provoke systematic overstrain of the voice, for example, in families where there are people who are hard of hearing or in families with many children. Also, excessive professional voice load lasting more than 24 hours a week can be a factor in the change of the vocal apparatus.

Some drugs

In addition, the quality of the voice can be affected by some drugs that provoke increased dryness in the mouth, a decrease in the tone of the vocal muscles, or swelling of the mucous membrane of the larynx or vocal folds. “Increased dryness of the mucous membrane is caused by hypotensive, diuretic, analgesic, antihistamine drugs. Swelling of the mucous membrane can be caused by some hormonal drugs,” explained the doctor. A decrease in the tone of the vocal muscles, in turn, can be caused by antihistamines of the first generation, muscle relaxants used in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, as well as tranquilizers and antipsychotics.

Smoking >

According to the doctor, smoking has a negative effect on the vocal apparatus.

“Tobacco smoke, heated to almost 100 degrees, contains nicotine and almost the entire Mendeleev table, many elements of which are carcinogens,” the expert noted.

He added that smoking causes chemical and thermal burns of the mucous membrane of the larynx and vocal folds, which provokes their chronic inflammation. Smoking electronic cigarettes has a less irritating effect, but the substances included in the composition of electronic smoke “are also indifferent to the mucous membrane”.