Chronic laringitis related hoarseness treatment: a comparative analysis

Introduction: Chronic laryngitis is a very common problem seen in our ENT out patient department on a daily basis .Most patient presents with hoarseness as a chief symptom followed by sore throat ,dysphagia and cough .While large number of patients respond to anti reflux medication ,there are some groups who continues to report of long term voice distortion despite treatment .Objective: We divided the patients in two cohorts to compare the effect of steam inhalation and short term oral steroids in patients of chronic laryngitis. Material and methods: This is a prospective study done on 50 patients randomly divided into two groups .One group was offered steam inhalation while other group was given short term steroids .Findings were recorded and compared after one week of treatment. Conclusion: Though both the group showed good outcome but short term steroids surely takes the upper hand in hoarseness treatment and improvement in voice.