What symptom does chronic bronchitis have?

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Chronic bronchitis refers to the patients who cough for more than 3 months every year and for more than 2 years continuously after excluding other known causes of chronic cough. Emphysema refers to the abnormal and persistent dilation of the distal air cavity of the terminal bronchioles in the lung, accompanied by destruction of the alveolar wall and bronchioles, without obvious pulmonary fibrosis. What symptom does chronic bronchitis have? Let's talk about it

What symptom does chronic bronchitis have?

The course of disease is slow, recurrent, with cough, expectoration, or accompanied by wheezing. Acute exacerbation period refers to the aggravation of the above symptoms, which are mostly caused by respiratory tract infection. Cough: early dry cough, more in the daytime than at night. With the development of the disease, the amount of sputum increased, the cough became heavy and turbid, most of them were continuous cough, especially when they were sleeping or getting up in the morning.

Expectoration: most of them are white mucus sputum, the frequency is more in the morning and at night. When the condition worsens and the infection occurs, the sputum increases and becomes yellow and thick. The amount of sputum is also more at night or early in the morning, because the elderly cough reflex is low, sputum is not easy to cough up.

Wheezing: it is seen in patients with wheezing type, which is obvious after infection and fatigue, and shortness of breath and aggravation of wheezing after combined with emphysema (pathological state of lung hyperinflation due to lung disease). In addition, doctors can use stethoscope to assist in diagnosis. There are no obvious signs in the early stage of chronic bronchitis. Dry and wet doxins can be heard in lung auscultation during acute attack, and decrease or disappear after cough.

matters needing attention

Quit smoking and avoid inhaling harmful gas and other harmful particles; Pay attention to personal hygiene and eating habits, light diet and less salt as far as possible; Pay attention to exercise, enhance personal resistance, prevent the recurrence of chronic bronchitis;