Hoarseness can affect any age and can be alone or associated with other local symptoms such as swallowing problems, breathing issues; including stridor and coughing. Hoarseness may also be a normal aging phenomenon. This condition can be acute or chronic [ longer than 3 weeks], continuous or intermittent and may be the only symptoms , or maybe associated with systemic problems such as flu, shortness of breath and weight loss. The contributing factors can either be internal or external. Internal factors are for instance: reflux, vocal overuse and sinusitis. External ones include: fume inhalation, smoking and trauma.
Classification of Hoarseness
