Spasmodic dysphonia. Spasmodic dysphonia (or laryngeal dystonia) is a voice disorder characterized by involuntary movements or spasms of one or more muscles of the larynx (vocal folds or voice box) during speech. Contents.
The common cold is medically referred to as a viral upper respiratory tract infection. Symptoms of the common cold may include cough, sore throat, watery eyes, nasal congestion, runny nose, and sneezing.ecause so many different viruses can cause the common cold and because new cold viruses constantly develop, the body never builds up resistance against all of them. For this reason, colds are a frequent and recurring problem.
Causes and Prevention. The common cold is usually caused by a rhinovirus that is transmitted through contact with the saliva of nasal secretions of someone already infected by the virus. Sneezing or coughing and cause the virus to spread and contaminate surface that may pass the infection to other people.