急性会厌炎,发病急,来势猛,进展快,极重症可在短时间内发生急性喉阻塞窒息死亡。我科自1976至1986年间共收治急性会厌炎病人45例,占我科同期住院病人的0.8％,现分析如下: 临床资料性别、年龄:男27例,女18例最小12岁,最大72岁,其中20—30岁16例,占36％。症状:全部都有咽痛和吞咽痛,并有呼吸不畅感,有明显呼吸困难者4例,声嘶5例,发热25例。体征:除并有咽侧脓肿和扁桃体周围脓肿各一例外,咽部均无明显炎症表现。喉镜检查:会厌红肿,大多呈球形;兼有杓会厌 Acute epiphyseal inflammation, acute onset, fierce momentum, rapid progress, severe severe acute throat obstruction can occur in a short time asphyxiation death. Our department from 1976 to 1986 were treated 45 cases of acute epiglottitis patients, accounting for 0.8% of our department inpatients the same period, are analyzed as follows: Clinical data of gender, age: 27 males and 18 females minimum 12 years old, maximum 72 years old , Of which 20-30 years old in 16 cases, accounting for 36%. Symptoms: All have sore throat and swallowing pain, and have poor breathing, there were obvious dyspnea in 4 cases, hoarseness in 5 cases, 25 cases of fever. Signs: In addition to and pharyngeal abscess and tonsil abscess each one exception, no significant pharyngeal inflammation. Laryngoscopy: epiglottis swelling, mostly spherical; both sclera epiglottis