What should I do if I have tracheitis with chest tightness and shortness of breath?

Written by Han Shun Li
Pulmonology
Updated on September 02, 2024
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Common symptoms of bronchitis include coughing and phlegm production, and some people may also experience chest tightness and shortness of breath. What should be done if chest tightness and shortness of breath occur? First, medication should be used according to the cause of the condition, such as using sensitive antibiotics if it's caused by a bacterial infection. If it is due to allergic factors, antiallergic drugs or corticosteroids can be chosen. In addition, symptomatic treatment can be considered, such as using bronchodilators to alleviate symptoms of chest tightness. Furthermore, if there is phlegm, expectorant medications can be used to ease symptoms and reduce respiratory tract resistance, which also helps relieve chest tightness.

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Written by Wang Chun Mei
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What are the symptoms of tracheitis?

Bronchitis is a very common disease in respiratory medicine and can be categorized into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis based on the duration of the disease. Generally, regardless of the type, the symptoms presented by patients are primarily discomfort in the respiratory tract, such as fever, fatigue, cough, expectoration, breathlessness, chest tightness, and wheezing in cases of acute bronchitis. For patients with chronic bronchitis during acute episodes, there generally is no fever, but the primary symptoms are persistent cough and expectoration, along with wheezing, breathlessness, and chest tightness. Additionally, symptoms may vary between the elderly and the young when they contract bronchitis, thus clinical symptoms are predominantly as described above.

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Can you drink alcohol with tracheitis symptoms?

Bronchitis is a very common disease in the department of respiratory medicine, with many and complex triggering factors. It can be divided into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis based on the duration of the disease. Typically, middle-aged and elderly people have a high likelihood of suffering from chronic bronchitis. For bronchitis, whether chronic or acute, the main clinical symptoms include cough, phlegm, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and even difficulty breathing. Therefore, for patients experiencing these clinical symptoms induced by bronchitis, it is generally not advisable for them to smoke or drink alcohol. Alcohol is considered a spicy and irritating substance, and if a patient with bronchitis already exhibits repetitive symptoms of coughing and phlegm, drinking alcohol could potentially spread the inflammation and exacerbate the clinical symptoms. Hence, patients with bronchitis should not drink alcohol.

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How to treat tracheitis?

Tracheitis is primarily caused by a decline in a person's immune system, followed by infection by external microorganisms, resulting in inflammation within the airway. The main symptoms presented by patients are coughing, expectoration, fever, wheezing, etc. Generally speaking, this disease is considered an infectious disease and requires anti-infection treatment. Doctors usually choose the appropriate antibiotics or antiviral medications based on experience. Additionally, based on the patient's symptoms, doctors may select some symptomatic treatments such as cough suppressants, asthma relief, expectorants, fever reducers, etc. When patients experience significant expectoration or fever, resulting in respiratory moisture evaporation, doctors will also provide certain fluid replenishments. Furthermore, some dietary therapy methods can also be used, such as drinking boiled water with pears and white fungus, which also has a therapeutic effect on tracheitis.

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Can tracheitis cause coughing up blood?

Bronchitis is very common clinically and can be divided into chronic bronchitis and acute bronchitis depending on the duration of the illness. Typically, in cases of severe coughing, bronchitis may present with symptoms such as cough, sputum production, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and even blood in the sputum. Generally, bronchitis does not cause the patient to spit blood, which is usually indicative of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. However, inflammatory lesions in the bronchi can cause the small capillaries on the surface of the bronchi to rupture during severe coughing, leading to bleeding that is typically manifested as blood-streaked sputum. In cases where there is a large amount of bleeding, vomiting blood may occur, making it a relatively common clinical occurrence.

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What are the symptoms of tracheitis?

The typical symptoms of tracheitis are common respiratory symptoms, such as sore throat, fever, cough, sputum, chest pain, as well as difficulty breathing, hypoxia, and other symptoms. Some patients primarily present with sudden high fever in the early stages. If the patients are infants, their symptoms appear as poor mental state, refusal to feed, and fever. Diagnostic procedures like chest X-rays and routine blood tests are needed to confirm the cause, and specific treatments should be adopted accordingly, with regular follow-ups. The main principle of treatment is anti-inflammatory therapy.