Aphonia
Symptoms
Related diseases
Aphonia – absence of voice. The patient cannot speak loudly. It occurs due to impaired blood circulation of the vocal cords, their paralysis, inflammation, tumor, or scar. Psychogenic aphonia occurs in patients with hysteria, after psychological trauma, fear, or excitement.
Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology