Is it just me or are singers more likely to getting osre throats etc?

I seem to get them quite a lot and once got it just befor and exam (dunno if id practiced too much )

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I don't think singers are more likely to get sore throats than anyone else in the population. Personally, I get one about every 3 years. It's either bacterial, viral, or poor technique!

I'd second what Ann said: I don't believe singers are more prone to infections than anyone else.

If you have the feeling that you have a sore throat more often since you started singing, it's either poor technique, overdoing it (even professional opera singers don't sing 8 hours a day ) or a psychological thing: Some singers tend to focus more on every little cough and sneeze and interpret more into it than there actually is ...

Yes, ever since I started singing, I've had terrible sore throats right before every exam or performance - they've always disappeared in time for me to sing, but I'm sure it has to be psychological.

As well the irritation from breathing in other people's smoke, or hayfever etc has got worse - at least in my head. It's probably because I measure a sore throat now, in terms of how it affects my voice, rather than how much it actually hurts.

I've always been a bit sickly though.

I will make my first journey into Viva Voice and add that I agree too with what has been written here about throat problems. I use my voice daily for personal practice and regularly in my chorus work, and will sometimes get what I describe as a tired throat at the end of a busy run. A night of sleep puts it back in good order. If anything singers tend to be more healthy than orchestral players.

Yes, I agree too. I think that if very regular sore throats are a problem then it would be as well to get them checked put by your GP. If they are a result of singing with poor technique they would happen after almost every practice session.

Nice to see a new face here by the way. Hi Henry.

Hi Henry and welcome.