What department is for tracheitis?

Written by Han Shun Li
Pulmonology
Updated on September 13, 2024
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Bronchitis is a common respiratory disease, and clinically, it often presents with symptoms such as fever, cough, and expectoration. Some patients may also experience chest tightness and shortness of breath, and they should consult a respiratory medicine department. After the visit, the doctor may conduct tests including a complete blood count, C-reactive protein, chest imaging, etc., to confirm the diagnosis of bronchitis. In terms of treatment, the first step is to use medication based on the cause of the disease; for example, if it is caused by bacterial infection, sensitive antibiotics will be used for treatment. Additionally, symptomatic treatment medications may be chosen based on symptoms, such as cough suppressants and expectorants, etc. (Specific medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor.)

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Is it good to always cough up phlegm with tracheitis?

Tracheitis is a common respiratory disease. Infections by microorganisms, physical and chemical factors, allergies, and other factors can cause tracheitis. Symptoms often include coughing and expectorating phlegm after contracting tracheitis. Constantly coughing up phlegm is not good, as we know that coughing up phlegm is not a normal condition but a pathological manifestation. This often occurs when there is inflammation in the tracheal mucosa, causing an increase in secretions which then mix with inhaled dust, pathogens, etc., and are expelled by coughing. Therefore, constantly coughing up phlegm indicates persistent inflammation of the organs, which is not a good sign.

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What should I do if I have tracheitis and cough up blood?

Tracheitis is a very common disease in respiratory medicine. Tracheitis, especially if it is acute, is usually due to infections or non-infections. It could also be due to some physical and chemical factors, leading to clinical symptoms such as coughing, sputum production, shortness of breath, and wheezing. When patients experience severe coughing, some may have bleeding due to the rupture of capillaries on the surface of their blood vessels. Therefore, during a tracheitis attack, some patients may cough up blood to varying degrees. Regarding how to handle this, it primarily depends on the amount of blood coughed up caused by the tracheitis. If the amount is small, generally, timely anti-infection and cough-suppressing expectorant treatments are given. Symptomatic treatment can effectively control the inflammation, and minor amounts of blood in the cough can also be alleviated. If there is a considerable amount of blood in the cough during tracheitis, it is necessary to use some hemostatic drugs for symptomatic treatment to stop the bleeding.

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What are the symptoms of tracheitis?

Tracheitis refers to the inflammation of the tracheal mucosa, usually caused by microbial infections, physical and chemical irritants, allergies, and other factors. Symptoms of tracheitis typically start acutely. Patients may experience fever, initially perhaps dry coughing or a small amount of mucous sputum. As the condition progresses, the amount of sputum may increase, coughing may intensify, and some patients may also experience blood in the sputum, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and other symptoms.

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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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How should tracheitis be treated to get better?

Bronchitis is primarily due to a decline in a person's immune resistance, followed by bronchial infection by external microorganisms, causing local inflammation in the bronchi and the formation of a large amount of secretion. The main symptoms exhibited by patients are coughing and expectoration. The treatment of bronchitis should first be handled as an infectious disease, providing appropriate anti-infection treatment, such as antibacterial and antiviral therapy. Additionally, if the patient presents symptoms of coughing and expectoration, some expectorants and symptomatic cough suppressants should be administered. If the patient exhibits symptoms of wheezing and breathlessness, treatments such as nebulization, spasm relief, and asthma relief should be given. Generally, the treatment duration for bronchitis is about a week, and the symptoms can generally be completely controlled. (Medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor.)