More worrisome signs include&colon; shortness of breath, hoarseness, and stridor or wheezing. Therefore, the major symptom of Reinke's edema is a hoarseness similar to laryngitis. The following symptoms will usually be absent&colon; cough, hoarseness, runny nose, diarrhea, and conjunctivitis. Symptoms include dyspnea, retrosternal pain, hoarseness, stridor, lachrymation, cough, expectoration, and in some cases haemoptysis. Hoarseness, pain with swallowing, or a cough may also occur. Conversely, functional dysphonia refers to hoarseness resulting from vocal use (i.e. overuse/abuse). "I'm kinda a Big Deal" tour in Australia and Europe due to hoarseness and laryngitis. As such, the major perceptual signs of vocal fold nodules include vocal hoarseness and breathiness. The degree of hoarseness and breathiness perceived may vary in severity. Since hoarseness is a general symptom, it is associated with a number of laryngeal diagnoses. Phonatory characteristics could include breathiness, hoarseness, harshness, intermittency, pitch, etc. Deposition of amyloid in the throat can cause hoarseness. This same decoction is also taken for hoarseness and colds involving the throat. Hoarseness due to laryngeal involvement can be seen in 8% of cases. Hoarseness rarely occurs in bilaterally paralyzed vocal folds.