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Risk factors for leukoplakia of the vocal cords include: ï· Alcohol use ï· Tobacco use ï· Laryngopharyngeal reflux ï· Diabetes ï· Use of inhaled steroids ï· Use of corticosteroids ï· Use of immunosuppressive drugs including chemotherapy and anti-rejection medicines ï· Radiation therapy.
He says that his doctors don't really understand what happened to his vocal cords. So, he started to do some research on his own. The vocal cord nerves run through the thyroid, so he started looking there for answers. In 2003, Page was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. He describes it as a fairly common benign inflammatory condition of the thyroid which causes me no problems.. He really downplayed Hashimoto's role in his letter.