So, laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx, something that especially affects children.

因此，laryngitis指的就是喉的炎症，儿童易感。

Diagnosis of acute laryngitis is mainly based on symptoms.

急性喉炎的诊断主要基于症状。

For chronic laryngitis, though, laryngoscopy can be useful.

但对于慢性喉炎，喉镜很有价值。

Little bit of bad news, Teddy's got some laryngitis.

呃 出了点小状况 泰迪咽喉发炎了。

But Bill's come down with laryngitis.

但比尔得了喉炎。

Alright, as a quick recap, laryngitis is inflammation of the vocal cords and it causes dysphonia, dysphagia, and dyspnea.

得！快速回顾一下：喉炎是一种声带的炎症，产生发音困难、吞咽困难、呼吸困难的临床表现。

Generally speaking, for acute laryngitis, the treatment is resting the vocal cords, as well as getting fluids, and pain medications.

对于急性喉炎，治疗就是让声带休息、多饮水，以及疼痛处理。

Acute laryngitis usually lasts for less than three weeks, and usually resolves on its own, although antibiotics are helpful for bacterial laryngitis.

急性喉炎通常病程不超过3周，具有自限性，但抗生素对细菌感染性喉炎很有效。

So laryngitis comes down to the three D's: dysphonia, dysphagia, and dyspnea.

我们把喉炎归纳于3个D：dysphonia发音困难、dysphagia吞咽困难、dyspnea呼吸困难。

In chronic laryngitis the normal columnar cells undergo dysplasia, which is when they transform into squamous epithelium to adapt to the chronic irritation.

慢性喉炎中，正常柱状细胞异型增生转变为鳞状上皮细胞，来适应慢性刺激。