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How Can Breathing Difficulty And Wheezing Be Treated?

I started having chest cold symptoms on Friday night and started using over the counter mucinix Saturday. By Monday I had no voice, was coughing and having trouble breathing. I went to the urgent care Tuesday morning because I couldn t catch my breath. The urgent care sent me to the emergency room because they discovered through a chest/throat xray that I had tracheitis. Once at the ER a cat scan with Iodine was done but no tumors or pockets of puss were found around the trachea. I was put on an IV of steroids and that night sent home with 2 weeks worth or antibiotics and a week worth of steroids. Tuesday night I was coughing up phlegm with blood in it. No blood since then. It is now Friday and I am still having breathing attacks where I can t catch my breath and coughing/wheezing. When should I see the symptoms improve or should I go back to the DR?
Fri, 26 Oct 2018
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Hello,

Asthma is a common cause of wheezing and coughing. Many times it occurs in patients with a family history of eczema, hay fever, or asthma.

The cough/wheezing of asthma is brought on by exercise, emotion(laughing, crying), colds, and eating/drinking cold foods/drinks. Many times it happens during the night.

The two main disease processes of asthma are bronchoconstriction(the bronchial tubes of the lungs become narrow) and inflammation(mucus, blood cells, proteins build up within bronchial tubes).

These cause the patient to have difficulty moving air in and out of the lungs.

You relate that steroids were part of your treatment. These drugs are for the inflammation. Did you receive a bronchodilator? The most frequently prescribed bronchodilator is albuterol.

Since you remain symptomatic without a diagnosis, you need to get further medical evaluation and treatment as soon as possible.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Arnold Zedd, Pediatrician
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How Can Breathing Difficulty And Wheezing Be Treated?

Hello, Asthma is a common cause of wheezing and coughing. Many times it occurs in patients with a family history of eczema, hay fever, or asthma. The cough/wheezing of asthma is brought on by exercise, emotion(laughing, crying), colds, and eating/drinking cold foods/drinks. Many times it happens during the night. The two main disease processes of asthma are bronchoconstriction(the bronchial tubes of the lungs become narrow) and inflammation(mucus, blood cells, proteins build up within bronchial tubes). These cause the patient to have difficulty moving air in and out of the lungs. You relate that steroids were part of your treatment. These drugs are for the inflammation. Did you receive a bronchodilator? The most frequently prescribed bronchodilator is albuterol. Since you remain symptomatic without a diagnosis, you need to get further medical evaluation and treatment as soon as possible. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Arnold Zedd, Pediatrician