How to get over laryngitis quickly!

When my voice used to give out, I would have a thick Banana shake. No whipped cream. It did wonders for my voice.

Don’t talk and don’t smoke.

[Mod says] this is General. Please try to stay on topic.

@bellatrix one of the answers you modded was actually correct. (The encyclopedia one).

There may be no quick fix. Don’t talk, stop smoking temporarily, drink lots of water, take whatever painkiller works for you, gargle with salt water, drink hot lemonade., use throat lozenges. These are all standard treatments.
I suggest making signs to use if your voice goes out entirely (and it well might if you refuse treatment.) Make the signs amusing and you may get more response than you would speaking.

Gargling may actually make it worse because gargling causes throat muscles to contract. Throat lozenges may make your throat feel better, and are fine for sore throats, but laryngitis means “inflammation of the larynx”, which is inflammation of the area about the vocal cords. The throat lozenges, hot tea, hot lemonade, or anything else you swallow for that matter, doesn’t touch that area (if it does, that’s an entirely different problem called “aspiration”.)

The ONLY therapy that works for laryngitis is laryngeal rest. And that means no talking, since talking means you’re using your larynx to close your vocal cords and phonate; and no smoking, because smoking is inhaling noxious inflammatory stimuli past the already angry inflamed area.

My advice stands. He may not like it, but wishing it not to be true doesn’t make it not true.

Listen to @Rarebear. No talking!

What @Rarebear says is correct (my bachelor’s degree is in Speech and Hearing Sciences). Even when whispering, we contract those laryngeal muscles as if we are speaking. I like @Sunny2‘s idea for the signs… make them funny or even mention that you can’t speak and you may get sympathy business.

If your laryngitis is associated with a head cold or allergic rhinitis, post-nasal drip can lead to throat-clearing and coughing which are very hard on the vocal cords. If you suspect that is an aggravating factor, consider treating the cause of the excess mucus, as well.