The vocal cords are a very valuable device in the human body. How to retain their unique ability to reproduce sounds for a long time? What dangers can our voice resist and is it possible to avoid them? What should I do if my voice is lost, but I need to speak before the audience soon? This and much more will be discussed in our article.
The problem of voice loss often occurs in the hot season, when a person quenches thirst with cold drinks. The vocal cords experience a “shock” when a sharp temperature drop occurs in the heat, and they respond to this stress with hoarseness, or even loss of voice.
During colds and flu, the voice can also disappear or sit down, as they cause swelling and inflammation of the larynx. Because of this, the vocal cords do not contract in their usual mode.
Voice can also be lost due to overstrain of the vocal cords. If a person speaks for a long time (reading a report, giving a lesson or lecture, etc.), the ligaments experience an increased load. There is sore throat, dryness and pain. This means that your ligaments urgently need rest, otherwise there will be a loss of voice. What to do to prevent this from happening?
During a speech in front of an audience, do not overstrain your ligaments, do not speak too loudly. The usual rhythm, frequent timeouts in a speech to take a breath and drink water - these are methods of competent performance, when it is easier for people to perceive information and you will not harm your health. After prolonged overstrain of the vocal cords, doctors recommend immediately drinking hot tea and eating a spoonful of honey.
What to do if a voice hits? First of all, you need to contact a specialist, since voice loss is dangerous even for a short time and self-medication is unacceptable. Only a doctor can correctly diagnose the disease and prescribe effective treatment and necessary procedures in the physiotherapy department.
In addition to the medications prescribed by the doctor, and physiotherapy in a health care institution, you can also be treated with folk remedies, which are used when there is no voice. What to do according to popular councils? It is recommended to use only warm (not hot) drink: Borjomi, milk (you can mix them), a drink with ginger, honey and lemon, berry juice. Among the folk remedies for the treatment of the throat are a mixture of liquid honey, butter and banana puree, which have an excellent enveloping property. Helps with loss of voice and gargling with decoctions and infusions of sage, chamomile, lemon balm. It would be nice to make a series of steam inhalations with infusions of medicinal herbs (oregano, nettle, sage).
What else to do if a voice is lost? During this period, it is better to give up smoking, spicy foods, drinking alcohol. But you can eat chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa butter (from 75% and above), because such an oil has a softening effect.
You can’t both raise your voice and speak in a whisper. And it’s better to limit speech communication altogether - to remain silent for two days. During this time, your ligaments will rest, as it should, and become more sensitive to the treatment.
Reduce the impact on the vocal cords of external stimuli: radio, television, music, because when these devices work, the ligaments begin to instinctively strain. Opera singers know what to do if a voice is lost. In silence and silence they restore their unique voices! Therefore, the more time you spend in silence, follow all the recommendations of a doctor, use folk remedies, the faster your voice will return to you.
In order not to remain voiceless at the right time and not to think about what to do if a voice is lost, the following simple rules should be observed: in the cold season, wear waterproof and warm shoes, a hat and a scarf. It is these things that will save your body from hypothermia, and your voice communications - from hoarseness and hoarseness.
It would be nice to learn the so-called yogi breath, which is completely uncomplicated, but well ventilating the lungs and perfectly cleansing the larynx.