Is weak voice a symptom of Dust mites allergy?

[4feared]

Hi, I have an allergy for dust mites. My noticeable symptoms are as follow:
- sore red eyes
- blocked nose
- rhinitis, causing me to have a regular bleeding nose.
- and weak voice? (not very loud voice, and almost inaudible when there's a little bit of backgroud noise)

I've searched all over the web but couldn't find any dust mite symptoms causing me to have a weak voice. I've been having this weak voice of mine all my life and it's seriously giving me ton of problems.  

[shanspaz]

To those of you with a weak voice as a result of mucus and allergies . . .  I have been having difficulty since mid october.  I have hayfeaver as well as allergy to mites, dust, mold, pollen and grass.  I constantly have post nasal drip even with allergy shots and taking allegra-D and nasal sprays.  

Since Ocotber, my throat feels like it is closing and there is flegm coating my voice box.  I have had scans, endoscopy . .. on acid reflux meds, but still haveing difficulty breathing as a result of post nasal drip and maybe acid reflux.

I am wondering if anyone else has difficutly breating?  Many of the symptoms sound similar.  My allergist adn GI docotr say I have Vocal Cord Disfunction . . . but I feel in my heart that it is my sinus and post nasal drip.   Thanks!!!  Any insight is appreciated! :)

[MickS]

I too get a weak voice - caused by allergies. Mucus in the throat leaves my voice anywhere from slightly affected to totally strained and inaudible throughout the day. I can relate to the social problems you are having, it leaves me pretty miserable, as I recently posted in a similar thread.

[Inanga]

how do you feel if you deliberately breathe through your mouth for a few minutes? When I get a stuffed nose I notice that mouth breathing is a lot easier, which at least tells me the problem is in the nasal area and not in the lungs.

[National Jewish]

I would be reluctant to attribute your weak voice to house dust mite allergy.  You should have this evaluated by an ENT doctor and a speech therapist.

[Inanga]

sounds like it may well be part of the allergy to me. I get seasonal hayfever and I've had an undiagnosed food allergy for years. The food allergy especially gave me post nasal drip - mucus going down the throat. It gets into your larynx and makes your voice hoarse.

here are some questions for you:
-- are you sure dust mights are the problem, or the only problem? I have hayfever which is pretty tolerable, but the food allergy was all year around and really disruptive - it's corn that is my problem and corn derivatives are in lot of processed foods.
-- do you use antihistamine for the allergy and does it work on all the symptoms including drying up your mucous and improving your voice? I guess you'll answer no to one of these since you're unsure the voice and allergy are related.
-- have you had the voice problem checked by a doctor?
-- do you have good breathing technique? They teach singers and speakers to project their voice by breathing properly with their diaphragm. If you breathe shallow into your chest you just don't have enough puff to make much of a noise. I had this problem and funnilly enough used to get told I spoke too quietly. Not sure if it was related in my case.

I didn't get a lot of help from the dictirs unfortunately - they treated the hayfever but it didn't really help the food side a lot - avoidace is the best approach in my experience.

It gets trivy when there are several conditions going on like my 2 types of allergy. I recommend you keep an open mind and try to rule out any other sources of allergy: pollen, food, mold, chemicals etc.good luck.

[4feared]

How do I get tested for other possible allergies? I only had a blood test and test result shows that my only allergy are with dust mites.

I am taking some antihistamine tablets at the moment and they don't seem to be doing wonders with my weak voice problem. My nose is still quite blocked as well.

Yes, I've had my voice problem checked by a doctor and he said it may be caused by my allergy. He had prescribed some antihistamine tablets for me and a nasal spray for my inflamed nasal passage. I went back to him last week to tell him that his medicines prescribed for me are not working well, so he then sent me to see an ENT surgeon (an otolaryngologist) instead. I haven't visit the ENT surgeon yet, but I have an appointment with him in two weeks time. I hope he cures my problem. Weak voice causes poor communication, which wrecks hovac on my social life (if I even have one at the moment).

I'm not sure if I have a good breathing technique or not. Maybe I do lack air supply because my left nostril is almost always completely blocked. I'll have to mention that to the ENT surgeon when I see him.