The epiglottis a cartilaginous structure located at the back of the throat, just beneath the tongue. This flap of tissue closes the top of the trachea on swallowing to prevent food from being ...

Acute epiglottitis is a rapid-onset inflammation of the epiglottis that can precipitate life-threatening airway obstruction. Historically predominant among children, widespread immunisation ...

But the human throat has two passageways, the esophagus, and the trachea, or upper airway. For a feeding tube to successfully drop into the esophagus, the epiglottis—a flap above the trachea ...

Stage 3: Cancer has spread to one lymph node or has spread to the epiglottis (the flap that covers the trachea during swallowing). Stage 4 (4A, 4B, and 4C): Cancer has spread to other parts of the ...

Common infections of the upper respiratory airwaysThe upper respiratory tract includes the sinuses, nasal passages, pharynx, and larynx. These structures direct the air we breathe from the outside to ...

All of the clinical signs that you describe are consistent with epiglottal masses. The epiglottis is the door that closes when one swallows preventing anything from going into the trachea or windpipe.

In these cases the infection from the trachea or larynx spreads to the epiglottis and causes epiglottitis. Vaccination against cause of epiglottitis There is a vaccine against Hib for children.