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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Can tracheitis cause a fever?

Tracheitis, in its acute inflammatory phase, can cause symptoms such as fever, although not all cases of tracheitis will lead to a fever. Fever is merely a manifestation of inflammation within the body, and respiratory infections are prone to this symptom. It is necessary to conduct timely examinations, in conjunction with clinical symptoms and supplementary tests, to implement appropriate treatments and interventions. If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, it is possible to administer antipyretic medication for symptomatic treatment, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. For acute tracheitis, choosing antibiotics to control the infection is also advised. (The use of medications should be under the guidance of a doctor.)

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Can you eat sweets with tracheitis?

Bronchitis is very common in clinical settings and can be divided into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis based on the duration of the patient's illness. Chronic bronchitis generally causes patients to experience recurrent symptoms such as coughing, phlegm, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and even difficulty breathing. For patients with chronic bronchitis, it is important to avoid eating foods that are overly sweet, overly greasy, as well as high-temperature fried foods, and to avoid spicy and irritating foods. Therefore, it is generally not recommended for patients with bronchitis to consume sweets, as sweet foods can lead to an increase in the secretion of mucus and may also increase the viscosity of the phlegm coughed up by the patient, thereby hindering the improvement of the patient's symptoms. Thus, it is not advisable for patients with bronchitis to eat sweet foods.

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Written by Han Shun Li
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Can tracheitis be inherited?

Bronchitis is a common disease in clinical practice. Patients often experience symptoms such as cough, expectoration, wheezing, and chest tightness. So, is bronchitis hereditary after contracting it? Bronchitis is not a genetic disease and is not hereditary. The causes of bronchitis in patients are often due to infections, physical and chemical irritations, allergies, and other factors, and are not largely related to genetics. Moreover, bronchitis can generally be controlled with active treatment.

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Is tracheitis contagious?

Tracheitis is a respiratory infectious disease that is contagious, especially among children with weak constitutions and elderly patients with multiple ailments. Close contact with individuals suffering from tracheitis might lead to the transmission of the disease through airborne droplets to those with low immunity. Hence, it is recommended that individuals suffering from this disease wear masks to reduce viral transmission and, if possible, undergo isolation treatment. Drinking plenty of water, resting, avoiding smoking and alcohol, consuming a light diet, and seeking timely treatment typically lead to full recovery within about a week.

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Tracheitis asthma symptoms

Tracheitis and asthma are actually not the same condition; however, both diseases affect the trachea and bronchioles. The symptoms of the two diseases have both similarities and differences. Patients with tracheitis primarily exhibit symptoms like coughing, phlegm, and fever, whereas asthma patients are mainly characterized by coughing, phlegm, wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, etc., and generally do not have attacks. The causes of these diseases are also different; tracheitis is mostly caused by infections, while asthma is mostly related to genetics and exposure to external allergens. Therefore, these are two distinct diseases with some different symptoms.