How can I treat/cure my laryngitis really quickly?

Question

I have laryngitis for the first time and I can talk, but only in a low voice. Anything high pitched just comes out as a squeak. I have been whispering for as long as I've had it. I have had it now for about 2-3 days, and it seems to be improving but I still can't reach my high voice. I am going to sing for a wedding and I REALLY need it back. Is there an at home remedy that I can use to treat this as quickly as possible?

Answer 1

eating peaunt butter helps at least for me. and try not to speak for a day. when i had larengitis i would drink honey-lemon warm water it helped but i drank it for the whole day it worked though.  

Drinking plenty of water and having enough sleep. the sourse is very helpful. if your laryngitis keps up for no longer than a week then i would go to a doctor for medical help.

Answer 2

Try these:

1. Steam.  The easiest way is to get one of those Vicks steamers.  Another way is to put a towel over your head, while holding your face above a steaming saucepan - to make it more pleasant, put a teabag that smells good in the water.

2. Lemonade strong, mixed with honey.  Use fresh lemon juice.

3.  Listerine gargle - you can use the "Less intense" stuff if it hurts.  Chloraseptic is a good alternative if you really can't stand the pain of Listerine, but it's less germ killing.

4.  Keep up with the decongestant, expectorant and antihistamine, at least at night - don't give the goo a chance to build up.

Mucinex is a great expectorant, but your voice will be shaky the next day after you take it so don't take it right before wedding day.

5.  Keep drinking hot drinks such as tea with honey and lemon in it.  Just keep it up, as often as you can stand it.  

6.  Get a heating pad and wrap it around your neck to create a fake fever in that area.  Fevers help your immune system work better although you don't want a real one because they feel so icky.

Good luck and break a leg singing!

Answer 3

Lots and lots and lots of steam.  I had laryngitis once where I couldn't talk at all without choking.  My doctor told my mom....lots and lots and lots of steam.... She put two vaporizers in my bed room and I'd sit right by them and breath in the steam as deeply as much and as often as I could.  (All my posters fell off my walls from the steam...hahaha.)

Answer 4

DO NOT TALK AT ALL, even in a whisper.  keep yourself hydrated...warm water and honey or tea, stay away from dairy....and rest your voice, that's really the only solution.  hope it gets better soon!

Answer 5

We  been  doing  this  cure  for  hundreds  of  years  ,get  some  fresh  ginger  ,the  size  of  a  golf  ball  Chopped  or  squash  and  boil  for  about  ten  to  15  minutes with  about  12  oz.  of  water,when  it  turn  a  little  brownish ,turn  off  ,let  it  cool  a

little ,divide in  two  cups and  drink  like  tea,can  re-use  the  ginger  one  more  time......drink 2  or  three  times  a  day  specially  before  you  go   to  bed.................

                                                           feel  better..................

Answer 6

I know this will probably sound gross and people will give me thumbs down but wtvr,since they are uneducated about the subject.

If you have a husband or a boyfriend,have him ejaculate s***n into a cup and drink it everyday twice a day,once in the morning and once at night.