How to treat tracheitis?

Written by Yuan Qing
Pulmonology
Updated on November 17, 2024
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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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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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How to treat cough caused by tracheitis

After suffering from bronchitis, coughing is one of the most common symptoms. How should a cough due to bronchitis be treated? First, the treatment should target the cause of the bronchitis. For instance, if it is caused by a bacterial infection, a sensitive antibiotic should be chosen. If it is caused by a mycoplasma infection, an antibiotic effective against mycoplasma should be used. Additionally, medication should be used to specifically address the cough. If it is a dry cough, antitussive and cough suppressant medicines can be used. However, if it is a cough with a lot of phlegm, expectorants should be chosen, and cough suppressants should be used cautiously, especially in cases where the phlegm is thick and difficult to expel, or in elderly or frail individuals. (Please use medication under the guidance of a doctor.)

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Will tracheitis cause coughing?

Tracheitis is mainly due to a decrease in a person's resistance, and some pathogenic microorganisms from the external environment infect the trachea, forming some infectious inflammation on the tracheal mucosa, producing a large amount of secretions, and forming sputum. We call this disease tracheitis. Due to the large amount of secretions and sputum in the airway, the person will actively cough to expel these sputum from the body. Therefore, the typical symptom of tracheitis is coughing. Some patients may have severe inflammation and exhibit symptoms of fever. If the tracheitis continues to spread downwards and affects the bronchi, the patient may experience some respiratory difficulties, which we call bronchitis. In this case, treatment with some antibiotics and expectorants is necessary.

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Can bronchitis eat watermelon?

In general, eating watermelon doesn't significantly affect patients with bronchitis. However, for some chronic bronchitis, if it recurs in winter, it is generally not recommended to eat watermelon. Since watermelon is considered a cooling food, eating it during winter when bronchitis flares up can be problematic. During these flare-ups, patients often experience various clinical symptoms such as fever, repeated coughing, coughing up phlegm, shortness of breath, and chest tightness, and because watermelon is inherently cold, consuming it during an inflammatory episode in winter might hinder early recovery from the disease. In contrast, if bronchitis occurs in summer, like in this patient's case, eating watermelon can be appropriate as it not only replenishes needed hydration but also helps reduce heat and other related symptoms such as coughing and yellow phlegm, making it beneficial for managing chronic bronchitis during a summer flare-up.

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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.