Since the squamous epithelium of the larynx is activated in a feminine, subordinate position, the associated symptom, laryngitis, primarily affects women and children. However, men can also experience it in situations of fear or terror lived in a subordinate position.
The squamous epithelium of the larynx, in response to a “terror-conflict,” thins to increase the larynx’s diameter, allowing more air to flow into the lungs. This ensures the body’s adequate oxygen supply for a swift and successful escape.
Our story’s protagonist, Valter, is a robust man, not the type to be scared of his own shadow. He runs an adventure travel company and serves as a tour guide himself.
Yet, after returning from his latest trip to the Azores, a severe feverish laryngitis knocked him out, forcing him into a week of mandatory rest.
Now, the Azores isn’t a place with extreme conditions. It offers pleasant spring-like weather and friendly locals, and according to Valter, his group was highly disciplined, allowing the trip to proceed smoothly and without conflicts.
So, what caused his laryngitis?
If we believed the germ theory propagated by conventional medicine, we might say he caught a virus. However, since no one else in the travel group experienced symptoms, this explanation isn’t convincing.
To uncover the real cause, we had to dig deeper into the story.
Valter shared that he had visited the islands multiple times and felt at home there. However, the trip from the previous year (before this one) was somewhat different from the usual. After completing the tour, just as they packed up and prepared to fly home, a cyclone hit the area, grounding their plane. Stranded on the island with his small group, they were provided accommodations until the storm passed, but they had to purchase new flight tickets, which insurance didn’t cover. On top of extra costs, the inconvenience of a week and a half of inactivity tainted the otherwise successful adventure, which wasn’t ideal for client retention.
During this year’s trip, fortunately, they didn’t face these issues. However, the fear of being stranded again lingered. Valter monitored the weather forecast, which predicted another potential cyclone. Determined to avoid the previous year’s complications, every fiber of his being worked in the background to ensure a timely “escape,” slipping away from the island before the storm arrived.
(Of course, flights operate on fixed schedules, and the trip followed a pre-set itinerary. Still, we experience such situations as if racing against time or fleeing from a predator—here, the cyclone.)
In the active phase of the larynx conflict, this contributed by an unnoticed squamous epithelium degeneration, increasing the larynx’s diameter to ensure sufficient air reached the lungs, providing ample oxygen to the brain and muscles.
Once Valter’s group boarded the plane and he safely returned home, free from danger, the regeneration of the larynx’s squamous epithelium began, with swelling, inflammation, fever, viruses, and secretions—in other words, laryngitis set in.
