Well, you certainly have more experience, given that I'm only a pre-clinical student haha. I've been taught that cardiovascular problems that present as hoarse or a lost voice because it impinges a certain nerve that loops under the aorta. According to our great Overlord Wikipedia, trauma/tumour/surgery involving this nerve around the neck can damage this nerve. But as this may involve breathing problems due to its control over the vocal cord. Aka, I have no idea, brilliant blog, you're awesome
Aww no I’m not. I’m a human. We’re all just floundering along trying to be helpful.
Thank you for this information!What kind of cardiovascular problems? Do you mean like atherosclerosis or increased pressure of the aorta? I’ve never seen that clinically. It sounds rare? Would that kind of pressure be enough to cause nerve palsy/dysfunction?? Or is it not about the pressure?I did consider the possibility of nerve damage, but, as I don’t have much knowledge of specific nerves and their functions, I thought I’d leave it out. And just pin my hopes to ~if its an injury that is bad enough to cause dysphonia, it is an injury bad enough to have a buttload of other complications~ But you know what, I might do a bit more research now. You certainly piqued my will to fall into the rabbit hole that is wikipedia! And then later, databases!