Wheezing

Wheezing commonly occurs in infants and young children with certain viral infections. This is because their airways are so small that any airway infection can cause breathing difficulties.
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Wheezing
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Wheezing is a high-pitched whistling sound produced by air flowing through narrowed breathing tubes, especially the smaller ones deep in the lung. It is a common finding in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Wheezing: A whistling noise in the chest during breathing when the airways are narrowed or compressed.
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Wheezing is often very obvious, but mild asthmatic attacks may be confirmed when the physician listens to the patient's chest with a stethoscope.
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Wheezing may be heard when listening to the chest with a stethoscope (auscultation).
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Wheezing can be a sign of cancer even when the lungs are free of tumors
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wheezing
A tight, whistling or musical sound heard with each breath may indicate that the air passages may be smaller, making it more difficult to breathe.
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Wheezing (a whistling sound as air is forcibly expelled)
Difficulty breathing
Chest tightness
A persistent cough ...
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Wheezing is one form of breathing difficulty. See also rapid breathing, apnea, and other lung diseases.
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WheezingA whistling or musical sound caused by tightening of the air passages inside the patient's chest.
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- Wheezing or difficult breathing fails to subside after medication is adminstered
- Vomiting prevents the child from retaining the full dose of medication
- You can see the child's chest moving in with every breath ...
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Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung function is increased by up to 10%.
1 year
Risk of a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
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Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung function is increased by up to 10%
5 years
Risk of heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker ...
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You have wheezing and trouble breathing even when taking your medicine regularly. You develop a high temperature. You have muscle aches or chest pain. Your sputum turns yellow, green, gray, or bloody, or becomes too thick to cough up.
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SYMPTOMS"Wheezing, sighing noises made through the mouth while a person is sleeping. It drives everyone else to distraction, except the one making the noise.
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Gurgling, wheezing, or whistling sounds
Using chest and neck muscles to breathe
Bluish lips, fingers, and fingernails
Cough (if the person also has phlegm/sputum, this may be pneumonia; a barking cough in a child is croup) ...
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Coughing and wheezing.
Feeling short of breath and chest tightness (children may express chest tightness as a stomachache).
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inability to talk
wheezing
forceful coughing
clutching the throat or chest as a sign of distress
fainting.
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(z´m, s´-), chronic inflammatory respiratory disease characterized by periodic attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, and a tight feeling in the chest. A cough producing sticky mucus is symptomatic.
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Individuals with asthma are prone to coughing as well as wheezing when their lungs are irritated. Your coughing is probably a result of your asthma rather than an infection or some other cause.
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Symptoms include cough and spitting up blood, and can sometimes be confused with asthma symptoms like wheezing, resulting in delayed diagnosis. Primary treatment is surgery to remove the tumor and lymph nodes and vessels where cancer may spread.
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The typical progress of symptoms begins with minimal shortness on heavy exertion, mild wheezing and coughing.
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Symptoms of COPD include a wheezing cough, breathlessness and chest infections. As the disease becomes severe, not enough oxygen passes into the lungs and so the amount getting into the bloodstream is diminished, causing heart failure and even death.
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BRONCHOSPASMS - The involuntary constriction or narrowing of the airways (bronchioles) in the lung, manifest by wheezing. See wheezing.
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A chronic disorder characterized by shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and tightness of the chest.
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Ear infections (otitis media) Allergies Vomiting Diarrhea Pneumonia, wheezing, and bronchiolitis Meningitis Research also suggests that breastfeeding may help to protect against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
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This common viral illness is estimated to occur in 5% of children between the ages of 1-2 years and is the most common cause of stridor (upper airway wheezing when a breath is taken in) in this age group.
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Bronchodilating drugs are usually prescribed if a cough occurs with airway narrowing and can reduce coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
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Make sure your baby drinks lots of fluids so she doesn't get dehydrated. Call your care provider immediately if she appears at all dehydrated, if her cough gets worse, or if you notice her having trouble breathing or wheezing.
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