Vocal Fold Cyst: Diagnosis, Care and Treatment for Singers |
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2017
- Many vocal pathologies develop because the singer is using their voice in a less than optimal way, but vocal fold cysts typically eventuate for all manner of reasons not necessarily because of anything the singer did or didn’t do.
Vocal fold cysts fall into the organic grouping of voice disorders. A vocal fold cyst is a small sac of fluid that can randomly appear. They can be rather deceptive because a mucus retention cyst, for example, will often swell with vocal use and then reduce in size with vocal rest, leaving the voice user believing they’re voice has ‘healed’. But when the voice is placed under load again, the cyst will swell once more.
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Thanks Dan.
I just got diagnosed with a vocal cord cyst - thank you for the concise and informative overview!
Thanks Dr Dan, have recently been diagnosed with a vocal fold cyst after more than 2 years of investigations. Your quick video has helped get a better understanding about the issue and the process needed to resolve. Cheers
update?
Hi Dr Dan. I have been touring for 10 years around the world and this year's tour I finally started to take attention to my voice as i have gotten older, because after a 2 year break I came back to heavy touring and after shows I had hardly any voice, it's been like this on and off for a year, sometimes nothing and other times the same symptoms, recently I was sick with the change of the seasons and since this my voice just gets tired from talking like I have no foundation under it or it's dropping and then slightly fading but not going out, i'm missing that solidness in my talking voice after being sick. All of this and I've now just being a 20 show tour in the United States. I have never been one to really warm up my voice (until now) because it was so powerful and I have recently stop drinking and smoking. I saw my doctor before I left and she saw inflammation and mucus running in the back of my throat, but I couldn't see a specialist before I left, so it will be when I return home. I have tried many things and although I don't feel much sick anymore, my voice gets tired just talking to much. I also over think things A LOT too which I am sure is playing a part in things as always, so I don't know what to do....keep pushing through this month tour and get checked out when I return home (France) or fold. Even if it tires when I talk, I can use my voice on stage, it's just before and after that's the problem. There is no pain like a sore throat, I just feel something when I really focus on the problem. Thanks
Yes I definitely will! And I will check out the online session! Thank you
I have vocal scarring/ cyst on my right vocal fold. Currently seeing Dr Broadhurst and have surgery planned for 1st November. Is it still possible to sing with mixed voice well with vocal cyst or its too hard to keep the vocal chord closed. because I get a lot of voice breaks when singing in my mixed like flipping into whistle/flageolet a lot when singing up around B4
Plus I am feeling something blocking it from releasing
I have a very small pseudocyst on the very edge of my right cord. This has caused my falsetto/head voice to make a certain gritty noise during the resonation of the tone. I work with a speech pathologist. The only way is surgery you’re saying?
Therapy may help in the short-term, but generally cysts need to be removed surgically for complete care and recovery.
Hello Dr.Dan, I have a vocal fold cyst, I was diagnosed last Dec 2020 and was prescribed to have it removed through microlaryngeal surgery but I still have no budget for that.Im a teacher and its hard for me to rest my voice. Is it possible that this could wait until I have decided to have it removed? Is it ok to remove it after a year?thank you so much!
Yes. I suspect that your surgeon will still want to remove the cyst.
Thank you Dr. Dan for this video. I currently have a vocal cyst and was in limbo on weather or not I should do this surgery. I am also a singer and have been singing professionally for 27 years and this is the first time I’ve experienced this issue. Thank you for this in-depth video it’s much more clear than what my ENT and doctors has given me.
I’m having surgery in a couple of weeks. I’ve had to cancel months of shows. I’ve lost my voice almost completely. It’s a partial hemorrhage, maybe that’s why I lost my voice. Don’t mess around with it. I’ve lost well over a $100,000 in canceled shows.
@@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners Do you feel better?
I am going through it this year, was also in doubt whether or not I should do the operation. How is your voice now after 2 years?
@@christinefrancalanza2456 hello there, same question🥲 how did it go?
Does anyone know if there are singers who were able to maintain a career with a certain style even without having cyst surgery removal?
That would be HIGHLY unlikely.
I was diagnosed with a cyst about two months and the only treatment they gave me was vocal rest a week ago I had another appointment and they told me it’s gone. I’m so confused, tired, and stressed because I still feel pain and discomfort when I try to raise my voice and I can’t have a conversation for too long without feeling pain I’m a singer and I’m so frustrated that they told me I’m good to sing again but I feel so weak when speaking. What would you recommend for me to do?
If it is a fluid retention cyst, it must be surgically removed. The cyst will swell with vocal use and reduce with rest. You might need a second medical opinion.
If the surgery was done, is there possibility that my voice with the cyst removed be in normal shape again???
Hello, did you do it? How did it go?🥲
Hi doctor..I was diagnose with left vocal fold cyst before...i dont go for operation...but now the cyst was gone..but my eent doctor told me that i have sulcus vocalis on my left vocal fold..maybe it was caused by the cyst before..Is sulcus vocalis can be treated naturally or do i. Need to undergo surgery like on the case of vocal fold cyst????
It is likely you'll require surgery...but best to take the advice of your treating laryngologist.
@@DrDanRobinson thanks for the advice...I will always update you about my case and hopefully no surgery is required for my current condition...
Uhmm... Can u make a video about how to recover ur head voice... Because my head voice is so badd
Thank u sir for ur help.. I hope it will help 😇
I used to have a beautiful voice.. but I didn't follow my vocal teacher last year.. and that hurts my voice .. I went to the hospital this year and I am seventeen now.. the doctor said I have two grooves on my voice.. but there's no horaness.. I didn't even notice there was any unusual..
do I still have a chance to get better? I am so afraid.. many doctor said those are sulcus vocalis although they are very shallow..
please help me Mr. Dan!!!😭 I am so young..
Hey how Are you now/
@@abdullahalgalibshovon6089 Hi!thank you! i didn't check it these months.. but there's no horaness...
Hi doc...I was a singer here in the Philippines and was found that i have cyst on my left vocal chord...is there any other treatment that can be done instead of surgery...
Typically, Julius, the only way to remove a fluid retention cyst is to have it removed surgically.
If the surgery was done, is there possibility that my voice will be in normal shape again???
How are you now? Did you performed surgery?
@@abdullahalgalibshovon6089 not yet... i only tried food suplements and herbal med ...and also tried other options... i can sing bit still its not the same as before and i think the cyst is still there... i was caught also by pandemic that hinders me to do the operation... Do you have the same problem as mine？？？How are you now...
@@juliussandoval3456 i also have a little cyst in my left vocal cord! I am so afraid to perform surgery. Doctor doesn’t told me yet to perform surgery. I will go to hospital after few days then he will told me what to do!
I had a vocal cord cyst removed last august. I have another one. Just got confirmed yesterday. I cant sing. Its been a month. I hate it. I feel like my spirit is caged. My doctor wats to try vocal therapy to make it go away this time because he has already removed one. He wont even consider removing it until january. I cant even. I have to have a video of my vocal cords made next week. I have a nodule on the opposute vocal cord and they think thats what is causing the cyst. They said it is larger than it was last august. I want them to fix me. I hate the waiting game.
Vanessa, I'm so sorry to hear about the challenges that you are facing at the moment. I encourage you to walk the road of voice therapy as suggested by your doctor. Good voice therapy can work wonders in many voices. I wish you all the best for the coming months.
@@DrDanRobinson
Thanks so much. I plan on doing everything they tell me to. It's practically torture for me to not be able to sing. I sing everything. My life is basically a musical and its muted right now. So. Obviously im going to oush through. But like i said, the waiting game sucks.
Hang tough, Vanessa!
Hi Vanessa. I’m currently struggling to sing higher notes due to muscle tension dysphonia. Like he said in the video, cysts can mimic symptoms of other disorders. Did you get right in the throat while trying to sing higher notes? I’m worried I could have a cyst besides muscle tension
Can you feel a cyst? Like would it feel like a pimple on your throat?
I experience voice fatigue from normal activities, hoarseness, at times uncontrolled pitch, breaking of top notes, throat pain... not diagnosed till I went to an ENT with a specialty in professiomal voice.
@@andrewsimms5636 What did they diagnose it as?
@@tapangasoul6928 currently considered a benign lesion pressing on my vocal folds, removal and biopsy at the end of the month
I have Vocal Cord Cyst and I will go through Surgery coming week.
Mallikarjun Inamati, the following video may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/gb2f5cp1yCY/v-deo.html
I have but i have not gone for surgery. How was your surgery, did you do the laser or?
@@sisamkarki2610 its not Laser...Doctors cut the Cyst from inserting instrument from mouth .. For me they gave Full body Anasthesia...also Told voice rest for 2 weeks
@@mallikarjuninamati8577 mine was nodule on singer’s cord, which had been seen in two diagnosis but recent diagnosis didn’t showed it. I am worried. Do you have any idea about it?
@@sisamkarki2610 Really sorry....I don't have any idea about it...
I’m having surgery for this in two weeks 🤦🏼♂️
Wishing you all the best!
@@DrDanRobinson 🙏🙏🙏
me too!!! surgery buddies
@@maggiemarie4343 best of luck… I’m stressed the FK out about mine. I hope you’re goes off flawlessly. 🙏🙏🙏
@@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners please let me know how it goes!! I'm nervous 😬, but I know it will go well! best of luck to you!!
If the surgery was done, is there possibility that my voice with the cyst removed be in normal shape again???
As long as the surgery goes well, then you can expect a full recovery post surgery. Of course, each case is different, so always talk to your doctor about expected outcomes.
@@DrDanRobinson thanks for the information... It is really a big question for me what will happen after...Hesitations always clings into my mind about the procedure...Your info will be a great factor to my decision..GodBless
How are you now?
@@abdullahalgalibshovon6089 still i dont undergo the surgery because of the pandemic
@@juliussandoval3456 hi! Kumusta na boses mo? May huskiness or raspiness na ba?