How could I have lost my voice if I don't have a sore throat?

Question

I have lost my voice, it's been about 2 days now. I don't have a sore throat, but I do have a constant dry cough and frequent chills. Any idea?

Answer 1

I usually lose my voice when I'm tried or stressed out, it usually comes back 3-4 days later. However, if you have chills and constant dry cough I would see a doctor.

Good Luck

Answer 2

I am beginning week 6, of a upper respiratory infection that caused me to lose my voice. It started as a dry, hacking cough and I just keep coughing and coughing. I never had a sore throat or runny nose. I did have a headache, body aches, chills and a slightly elevated fever, fatigue and I lost 9 pounds. My voice just now is coming back, but the bodily fatigue is still with me. My doctor sent me for a chest X-ray and blood tests. It was determined that I had a viral infection and just had to wait it out. He also told me it was not unusual for people to have this nasty little bug for 6 to 8 weeks. So I hope that you don't have what I had. It was and still is awful. My house is a mess, the laundry is piled to the ceiling and I left the house for the first time in 3 weeks because its been freezing where I live.

Answer 3

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/laryngitis/DS00366

Signs and symptoms
Laryngitis often makes you feel the need to constantly clear your throat. Other signs and symptoms may include:
Hoarseness - Weak voice - Tickling sensation and rawness of your throat - Sore throat - Dry throat - Dry cough

Laryngitis:
is an inflammation of your voice box (larynx) due to overuse, irritation or infection. The larynx is a framework of cartilage, muscles and mucous membranes that forms the entrance of your windpipe (trachea). Inside the larynx are your vocal cords — two folds of mucous membrane covering muscle and cartilage.
Normally your vocal cords open and close smoothly, forming sounds through their movement and vibration. But in laryngitis, your vocal cords become inflamed or irritated. They swell, causing distortion of the sounds produced by air passing over them. As a result, your voice sounds hoarse. In some cases of laryngitis, your voice can become so faint as to be undetectable.

Laryngitis may be short-lived (acute) or long-lasting (chronic). Although acute laryngitis usually is nothing more than an irritation and inflammation from a virus, persistent hoarseness can signal a more serious problem.

Answer 4

if you have a constant dry cough your throat is probably suffering wether you can feel it or not. Just keep drinking lots of water, and take care of yourself so you get better quick :)

Answer 5

Did you know that aliens have surgical techniques which cause no pain, are bloodless, and leave little if any scarring? Oh, and I'm not talking about Mexicans

Other than that, I'd say you are sick and should see a doctor. Seriously, you can have strep without pain and the next thing you know it is rheumatic heart time.

Answer 6

Your voice is due to vibration of vocal cord.Any condition change of this cord could result change your voice.It is not need to have infection and sorthroat.Tumor,edema or tear the vocal cord or the nerve which control the cord damage will result lose of voice..Your case could due to virus infection to your larynal call laryngitis.

Answer 7

you don't have to have sore throat to lose your voice. maybe uve been stressing it for some time already (u know, shouting orders, arguing with people...using your loud voice).

drink lots of warm, not cold, water, or any clear broth. anyway, if its minor, your voice will be "back" in, at most, five days.

Answer 8

Screaming, fate, maybe you sang the wrong way.