Introduction The indirect laryngoscopy has an important role in the characterization of reflux laryngitis. Although many findings are nonspecific, some strongly suggest that the inflammation is the cause of reflux. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between reflux symptoms and the findings of indirect laryngoscopy. Methods We evaluated 27 patients with symptoms of p...

Introduction: Acid reflux disease of the larynx has been established as a separate clinical entity in the present day, requiring the nuances of a skilled laryngologist for its early diagnosis and appropriate management. Clinical presentations of laryngopharyngeal reflux disorder may vary from very subtle to mammoth proportions, ranging across a panorama of features like chronic laryngitis, indo...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is widely associated with asthma, chronic cough, and laryngitis. Many studies have focused on acidic reflux; however, acid is just one of many factors that can cause pulmonary injury. The discrepancy between the high frequency of GERD in asthmatic patients and the ineffective reflux therapy outcomes in these patients suggests that GERD may cause injury thr...

OBJECTIVES Chronic bacterial infection of the larynx is characterized by long-standing hoarseness and exudative laryngitis. Prolonged antibiotic therapy is required to clear the infection, and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be the responsible pathogen. The objective of this study was to describe the presentation, comorbidities, treatment response, and underlying etiology...

Prolonged diffuse laryngeal inflammation from smoking and/or reflux is commonly diagnosed as chronic laryngitis and treated empirically with expensive drugs that have not proven effective. Shifts in microbiota have been associated with many inflammatory diseases, though little is known about how resident microbes may contribute to chronic laryngitis. We sought to characterize the core microbiot...

Short title: Reflux laryngitis and laryngeal chemoreflexes ABSTRACT It has been suggested that reflux laryngitis (RL) is involved in apneas-bradycardias of the newborn. The aim of the present study was to develop a unique RL model in newborn lambs in order to test the hypothesis that RL enhances the cardiorespiratory components of the laryngeal chemoreflexes (LCR) in the neonatal period. Gastri...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is one of the most common causes of chronic cough in Western countries, responsible for 10 to 40% of cases. In Japan, however, GOR-associated chronic cough (GOR-CC) has been rarely reported and its clinical manifestation including frequency of concomitant reflux laryngitis is poorly known. We have analyzed prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients who w...

The prevalence of laryngeal pathology in a treatment-seeking population of southwestern Ohio underwent a 15-year reexamination. Relationships between pathology and demographic variables of age, gender, and occupation were investigated. Data were collected from 1,158 new patients seen by participating otolaryngologists between 1996 and 1998. The most frequent pathologies were reflux laryngitis, ...

tion of patients with GERD symptoms, including typical symptoms in patients off PPIs, chronic cough and symptoms refractory to PPIs [13–15] . However, few studies have formerly assessed the benefit of impedance-pH monitoring in patients with laryngeal symptoms. Chronic cough related to GERD has been generally attributed to acid reflux. However, acid suppression therapy is not as good as for hea...