Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia (from Latin larynx " larynx " malacia " morbid softening ", " resolution ") is a morbid softening of the larynx due to insufficient calcium incorporation into the Larynxskelett. The supraglottic structures such as the epiglottis and arytenoid cartilage are affected, so that due to the abnormal softness of an inspiratory breathing stridoröse results ( " staccato breathing " ) with possible cyanosis. Laryngoscopically to ask the aryepiglottic folds is shortened, the lateral edges of the epiglottis are rolled inwards.

Therapy

In the majority of cases ( 90%) of the laryngomalacia heals spontaneously. The noise in breathing typically take during the first 6 months of life and then from up to the second year of life. A special treatment is rarely necessary. Grounds for further studies are: problems with the diet, with the size and weight gain of the child or a general developmental delay. Until the laryngeal skeleton has consolidated, should be regular observations.

At therapeutic possibilities for a are a Supraglottoplastik, surgical correction of the laryngeal inlet, and a temporary tracheotomy available. The latter option is only required in extreme cases. The children have mostly to the weakness of the larynx, other congenital abnormalities of the airways.

Spontaneous healing after homeopathic treatment are described in case reports of the homeopathic literature, where individual authors do not accept an anatomical, but a neurological cause of respiratory sounds: " The surprisingly rapid effect of Cuprum suggest instead that it is [ in which stridor ] central to a damage caused by the birth is ( gestöre innervation of the larynx as a result of damage to the cortical larynx center ). " In a mechanically related cause of respiratory sounds by an enlarged thymus or a congenital goiter homeopathic remedies were ineffective, however. The treatment of laryngomalacia by homeopathic methods as well as the assumed etiology are not subject to scientific scrutiny or recognition.