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The guide defines these terms and contrasts tracheal stenosis as lower-down narrowing within the trachea.","Answer",{"name":59,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":60},"Why must doctors rule out other types of airway stenosis before calling it idiopathic?",{"text":61,"@type":57},"The guide states there are four types of stenosis with similar symptoms but different causes. Doctors are expected to exclude the other three types so the condition can be considered idiopathic.",{"name":63,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":64},"What are the common symptoms of iSGS?",{"text":65,"@type":57},"A shared symptom is stridor, described as noisy breathing that may resemble a wheeze. It can be silent at times but often worsens with exertion or stress, and may be present continuously when narrowing is severe.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":68,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":40,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":70,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":72,"site_id":7},563826,1791838762,{"code":4,"msg":75,"data":76},"success",{"doc_id":72,"user_id":77,"nickname":37,"user_avatar":78,"doc_module":22,"category_id":79,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":80,"file_id":81,"file_url":82,"file_type":83,"file_size":84,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":85,"language":86,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":87,"faqs":88,"seo_title":89,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":73,"read_time":90},24464137899374,"https://us-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_3d24733baf745e90a7e4bdd5f77d97b2",18,"Catherine Anderson, BA (Hons), PGDip, QPMR  \nIdiopathic Subglottic Stenosis A Rough Guide for Beginners  \nLast updated: January 2018  \nPlease join the Facebook Support group:  \n[www.](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[ Facebook](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[.com/](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[groups](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[/Idiopathic](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[Subglottic](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)[Stenosis](www. Facebook.com/groups/IdiopathicSubglotticStenosis)  \nWhat is idiopathic subglottic stenosis? ......................................................3  \nWhat are the common symptoms of iSGS? ................................................. 5  \nWho gets iSGS?..........................................................................................6  \nWhat tests should my doctor be doing? ................................................... 10  \nWhat medical interventions are available? .............................................. 11  \nTips to help reduce mucus and coughing ................................................. 12  \nTips to help reduce inflammation............................................................. 14  \nWhat equipment will help me? ................................................................ 15  \nWhat is a dilation or dilatation surgery? .................................................. 23  \nWhat is a resection (resection and reconstruction) and how is it done? .. 26 What is The Maddern Technique (endoscopic tracheal reconstruction)?.. 29 What is the REACHER? ............................................................................. 31  \nWhat are in office/awake steroid injections ............................................ 32  \nI am considering major airway surgery. What should I ask my surgeon? 34  \nI’m heading into hospital – what should I take?...................................... 35  \nTips on surviving major airway surgery in hospital ................................. 37  \nI’m having non-airway surgery – what should I make my surgeon aware of? ........................................................................................................... 39  \nPregnancy and stenosis ...........................................................................40  \nResearch in progress ...............................................................................44  \nAppendix .................................................................................................45  \nWhat is idiopathic subglottic stenosis?  \nSo you’ve just been diagnosed and it’s all very overwhelming. Suddenly doctors are reeling off words you, your friends and family have never heard of, and when you search on the internet thereis no or very little insight to be found. Well done for finding this document and hopefully our Facebook support group. We understand where you are coming from and this document will help.  \nBack to the question in hand. What is idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS from hereon) . Getting down to basics;  \n􀁽 Idiopathic – is a fancy way of saying‘no known cause’  \n􀁽 Subglottic – is the part of the larynx below the vocal chords (glottis) . It connects to your trachea (‘wind pipe’) . You may have been told you have tracheal stenosis – this describes a stenosis is located lower down, within the trachea  \n􀁽 Stenosis – another fancy word for‘narrowing’  \nThere are four types of stenosis, all with the same symptoms but different causes. It is important  \nthat your doctor rules out the other three types of stenosis before you are sure you are idiopathic.  \nThis document will help you regardless of your  \nstenosis type, and of course, even if your stenosis is not idiopathic, you are welcome in the group.  \nAs a patient with this disease, you are going to have to get used to being in control of your treatment – make sure you are aware of the t","cbCaihw5F29Dej2L","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihw5F29Dej2L","pdf",1899532,47,"English","# What is idiopathic subglottic stenosis?\n## The four types of airway stenosis\n# What are the common symptoms of iSGS?","[{\"question\":\"What does idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS) mean?\",\"answer\":\"It means the narrowing (stenosis) is in the subglottic area below the vocal cords, and “idiopathic” indicates no known cause. 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