Cough and Sputum

Cough is a defense for the removal of mucus and foreign substances broncho. The most important symptom of respiratory system. The main causes of cough, upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, poor environmental conditions (particularly smoking) and lung cancer. Strait to clear the nasal rough, dry cough, and recurrent upper respiratory tract diseases related to many times. Small broncho and a cough of patients with lung parankimasından söktüren quality sputum from deep within easy definitions. Virus infections of the respiratory system are often a dry cough. Secondary bacterial infection from a dark-colored and purulent sputum (yellow and greenish) is.

Cough and sputum of patients with chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis increases in the morning. The cough is usually observed with asthma in a wheezing respiration.

Cough, asthma and heart failure patients who wakes up at night. Bronchial pattern as well as fine a long, convoluted sputum bronchitis and asthma are seen. Chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis may cough up bloody sputum. Pneumonia is a cough and rusty sputum is sticky. Dirty or smells like sewage, abundant and easily extracted from anaerobic lung abscess and sputum spirochaete monitored.

Cough is an insidious way too many times in smokers benimsenmez initially evolved. In these patients (ie, smokers) may occur and a growing chronic bronchitis and a cough develops in amp-GROUND. Bronchial cancer growing, treatment has a persistent cough. Bloody sputum of lung cancer is a common finding.

A good history and examination often light up the cause of cough. If the chest radiograph should be taken in this study, diagnostic verification. Furthermore, blood count, sedimentation, and other laboratory findings are useful in the etiology of cough. For example, the increase of eosinophils in the blood of an allergic disease, white blood cell increase may be related to infection.