Laryngitis - an inflammation of a mucosa of a larynx. Can be acute and chronic. The laryngitis acute seldom happens isolated. More often this one of displays of acute respiratory disease, a flu, a scarlatina and so on. Its development is promoted by the general and local frigorism, an overstrain of a voice, inhalation of the dusty air, irritating steams and gases, to an error in a delivery, smoking, abusing spirits.

Signs, current. Sensation of dryness; tussis in the beginning dry, and in the further is accompanied by an output of a sputum; the voice becomes rhonchial, rasping or absolutely silent; sometimes a pain at a swallowing, a headache and small rise in temperature. Duration of illness usually does not exceed 7-10 days. Under adverse conditions can pass in the subacute or chronic form.