What are the symptoms of tracheitis

Bronchitis affects many people, not only in terms of physical health, but also in daily life. It often manifests as long-term coughing, sputum production, or asthma. Bronchitis may also cause symptoms of repeated infections.

1. Cough: Long-term, repeated, and gradually worsening cough is a prominent manifestation of this disease. In mild cases, the disease only occurs in winter and spring, especially in the early morning before and after getting up, and there is less coughing during the day. In summer and autumn, the cough is relieved or disappears. Severe patients cough in all seasons, which is aggravated in winter and spring. They cough day and night, especially in the morning and evening.

2. Coughing up phlegm: The phlegm is usually white, mucous and foamy. It is more common in the morning and is often difficult to cough up due to its viscosity. After infection or cold, symptoms rapidly worsen, sputum volume increases, viscosity increases, or becomes yellow purulent sputum or is accompanied by wheezing. Occasionally, there is blood in the sputum due to severe coughing.

3. Asthma: When combined with respiratory tract infection, asthma (wheezing) symptoms may occur due to congestion and edema of the bronchiolar mucosa, sputum blockage and bronchial lumen narrowing. The patient has a wheezing sound in the throat when breathing and a wheezing sound when auscultating the lungs. This type of disease, characterized by wheezing, is clinically called asthmatic bronchitis; however, its attacks are not like typical bronchial asthma.

4. Repeated infections: Repeated respiratory infections are prone to occur in cold seasons or when the temperature changes suddenly. At this time, the patient's asthma worsens, the amount of sputum increases significantly and becomes purulent, accompanied by general fatigue, chills, fever, etc. There are moist sounds in the lungs and an increase in white blood cell count in the blood. Repeated respiratory tract infections are particularly likely to worsen the condition of elderly patients and must be given full attention.