Tracheobronchitis Symptoms
Bronchitis symptoms
- Cough with mucus, sometimes bloody. If the mucus is yellow-green bronchitis and is accompanied by fever, chances are you have a bacterial infection.
- Inflammation of the bronchi (branches of the airways between the trachea and lungs)
- Swelling (edema) of the bronchial walls.
- Obstruction of the alveoli.
- Beeps or wheezing.
- Bubbling (relative to that seen sound effect when listening to the patient with a stethoscope)
- Shortness of breath.
- Malaise.
In chronic bronchitis, may also present the following symptoms
- Ankle, feet and legs.
- Bluish discoloration of the lips caused by low blood oxygen levels.
- Prone to respiratory infections, like colds and flu.
Cough and obstructive symptoms often present as stridor caused by the inflammation of the bronchial vehicles by swelling and mucus production.
The cough is usually dry at first, because the swelling of mucous membranes due to the increased blood flow infektbedingten (Latin: hyperemia) precedes the production of mucus, with the formation of the cough is productive. The ejection - in medical terminology called sputum - is tough or thin. In viral inflammation, it is usually clear to greyish, with a bacterial infection is more usually greenish-yellow, but this can only give indications of the trend underlying etiology.
In spastic bronchitis spasm muscle contraction can cause wheezing and bronchial wheezing and difficult expectoration.
The assessed using spirometry lung function shows at about 60 percent of patients with similar values as a mild asthma. Since this case of recurring acute bronchitis, caused by chlamydia, may possibly develop, should patients after the acute symptoms undergo an inspection.
Source: Tracheobronchitis.org
Last update: 2011-11-03