What is tracheitis?

Everyone should know about an inflammation called tracheitis. Many people have suffered from tracheitis. The most obvious symptom of tracheitis is long-term coughing. There will be phlegm and wheezing when coughing. Generally, the symptoms are not very obvious in the early stage, but will become very obvious in the later stage. Everyone should understand what tracheitis is in time, and it can also be well prevented.

Do you know what tracheitis is? Do you know what kind of disease tracheitis is? Tracheitis is already a very common disease, and it is most common among middle-aged people. Everyone should know more about tracheitis. It is important to get treatment as soon as possible.

Tracheitis is an inflammatory change in the tracheal and bronchial mucosa caused by infectious or non-infectious factors, which increases mucus secretion. Due to the lack of negative ions, the activity of respiratory enzymes in the villi of the tracheal mucosal epithelium is reduced, affecting the secretory function of the alveoli and the ventilation and gas exchange function of the lungs. The main clinical symptoms are long-term cough, sputum or wheezing. The early symptoms of this disease are mild, mostly occurring in winter and relieved after the spring, and the course of the disease is slow, so people do not pay attention to it. When the disease progresses to the late stage and obstructive pulmonary emphysema occurs, lung function is damaged, which has a great impact on health and labor force. This disease is one of the common and frequently occurring diseases in my country. The onset age is mostly over 40 years old. The incidence rate of smokers is significantly higher than that of non-smokers. The incidence rate in the north of my country is higher than that in the south, and the incidence rate in rural areas is slightly higher than that in urban areas.

Causes

Most cases of bronchitis are caused by infection with wind-cold or wind-heat, which leads to asthma. In the later stages of chronic bronchitis, asthma becomes frequent. In mild cases, patients suffer from shortness of breath during activities, while in severe cases, patients cannot lie flat due to shortness of breath and have edema of the face and feet.

Clinical manifestations

1. Cough

It is characterized by long-term recurrent coughing, which often occurs in cold seasons or when the temperature changes suddenly. Coughing is frequent in the morning and evening and is relieved during the day.

2. Coughing up phlegm

Most of the sputum is white sticky or white foamy, with more sputum in the morning and evening. When combined with infection, the amount of sputum increases and becomes mucopurulent.

3. Wheezing

Some patients may experience bronchospasm, causing wheezing, which often occurs during the acute phase.

4. Physical signs

In the early stage, there may be no abnormal signs or only coarse breath sounds. As the disease progresses, dry and wet rales can be heard in the lungs. During the acute attack period, the dry and wet rales increase significantly, and the rales may decrease after coughing and expectoration. Wheezing may be heard in asthmatic chronic bronchitis.

Everyone should know what tracheitis is. Diseases like tracheitis have a great impact on us. Everyone should be able to know some of the symptoms of tracheitis, especially if you have a cough at ordinary times, you should pay attention to it. Long-term cough will definitely have an impact on our lives, so you should go for a check-up in time.