Minor question

[Seadog]

I am going on week seven , my throat is still a little sore, my voice is a little raspy and sometimes a discomfort swallowing. from what I think it is the ventelator tube experience but not sure. Has anyone had the same thing ?
Thanks
Bill

 

[Philip B]

Sore Throat

Sore Throat

Recovery rates vary among individuals. Seven weeks seems like a long time to have a sore throat from the ventilator tube.

What does your cardiologist say about your sore throat? If you haven't asked your cardiologist about it yet, why not?

-Philip

 

[Freddie]

I'd be checking in with the doctor about this.

 

[spartangator]

Yeah, worth asking about because that is some time. Of course, it's likely nothing, but you might as well as ask since you're likely in contact with the doc anyhow.

 

[Jkm7]

I never had any sore throat after either of my OHS.
I agree with the others, Seadog, a call to your doctor might be a good idea.
Probably not anything but better safe than sorry.

I think they do a TEE during our surgeries and perhaps there's some irritation from that? I certainly don't know but maybe good to ask.

 

[Lily]

I've heard there is a nerve in the windpipe that can be injured or damaged by the vent. Also, a person can develop a granuloma from the ventilator.

Granulomas can be serious. And they can become emergent situations.

My son had a serious episode with a granuloma after being on a vent -- his voice was "gravely" -- and the granuloma had to be emergently surgically removed after it suddenly flipped up and cut off his airway. His voice was immediately normal after the surgery and the recovery afterward was very easy for him.

(I'll add an edit here, hoping more details might be helpful: Our son actually had developed two growths -- a smaller growth on his vocal chord, which another ENT saw with a scope and didn't deem dangerous, but that specialist didn't drop the scope down far enough, and missed seeing the larger growth on his windpipe, which is what emergently manifested itself in such a dangerous situation several weeks later while he was sleeping.)

You may need to see an excellent ENT (ear, nose, and throat) surgeon; I'll try to spell their special name, ootolaryngologist, or something close to that.

Best wishes and please let us know how things go.