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Wheezes are continuous musical adventitious lung sounds. It occurs due to airway narrowing either to spasm or endoluminal or extraluminal obstruction. It occurs when air flows rapidly through a narrow airway (bronchospasm, thick secretions, edema), causing fluttering of the airway wall at one or more sites. Always signifies bronchi & upper airway obstruction, it may be heard by an unaided ear or with stethoscope.
Causes of...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Dyspnea
Dyspnea is a subjective complaint by the patient feeling or consciousness of difficulty in breathing concerning the rate, depth or rhythm. It is a symptoms that can be expressed as:
Difficult of breathing
Difficult or laboured...
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Symptoms of Chest Disease
Monday, December 26, 2011
Expectoration
Expectoration entails the passage of sputum out of the respiratory tract, excluding saliva. The interpretation of expectoration includes the following points:
Onset:-
Acute (Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Acute Abscess &...
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Clinical,
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Symptoms of Chest Disease
Cough
Batuk adalah gejala yang paling biasa dialami oleh pesakit paru-paru. Pesakit dianggap mengalami batuk kronik apabila dia mengalami gejala ini lebih dari 3 minggu. Selain itu, batuk juga dikelaskan kepada: batuk kering & batuk...
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Clinical,
Respiratory,
Symptoms of Chest Disease
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