Breathing Pain & Discomfort

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:52:45 -0600

See also Chest Pain for more Cardiac and Heart Signs

Acute Pulmonary Edema
Acute shortness of breath with possible sweating and cyanosis. There may be frothy sputum with a pink tinge due to a ruptured blood vessel.
Often related to cardiac disorders.

Cavitation
Small chest movements over the large cavity with possible post-tussive suction sounds if the cavity communicates with a bronchus. Other signs may be sucking, hissing and crackles.

Crackles – Crepitations
Crackles which are heard during inspiration due to the lower smaller airways snapping open due to collapse. The coarse crackles may be initiated by fluid bubbling in the airways as in Pulmonary Edema, Bronchopneumonia or Bronchiectasis.

Bronchial Narrowing
Generalized shortness of breath and will need the use of accessory muscles of respiration to elevate the upper chest to aid in inspiration. There is commonly the concomitant symptoms of wheezing.

Dyspnoea – Breathlessness
Difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath with possible heavy sweating, rapid heartbeat and wheezing.

Haemoptysis