Laryngitis

(lar-in-ji’ ’-lis) [hdpvyi;, larynx; trig, inflammation]. Inflammation of the larynx. It may be acute or chronic, catarrhal, suppurative, croupous (diphtheric), tuberculous, or syphilitic. Chronic catarrhal is divided into a hypertrophic and an atrophic stage. The symptoms of acute catarrhal laryngitis, the most common form, are hoarsene , pain, dryne of the throat, dysphagia, and cough. 355