Bronchitis Symptoms - Bronchitis Signs

Bronchitis Symptoms and bronchitis signs:

• Cough
  The most common bronchitis symptoms is cough. The cough may be dry or may produce mucus, either clear or white or thick yellow-grey mucus, although this doesn't always happen. The cough may last for several weeks after other bronchitis symptoms have gone and this may make your chest and abdominal muscles sore. Coughing can be severe enough at times to injure the chest wall or even cause you to pass out.

Emphysema Symptoms and Signs

People with emphysema, the lung tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lung are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (pulmonary refers to the lungs). Emphysema is called an obstructive lung disease because the destruction of lung tissue around smaller airways, called alveoli, makes these airways unable to hold their functional shape upon exhalation.

Tuberculosis Symptoms

People who had tuberculosis may not notice any symptoms of illness until this lung disease in quite advanced. Even then these are tuberculosis symptoms that may shows:

• loss of weight,
• coughing up blood,
• loss of energy,
• poor appetite,
• fever,
• a productive cough for more than 3 weeks,
• and night sweats
  

Pneumonia Symptoms

Pneumonia symptoms need immediate medical evaluation. Physical examination by a health care provider may reveal fever or sometimes low body temperature, an increased respiratory rate, low blood pressure, a high heart rate, or a low oxygen saturation, which is the amount of oxygen in the blood as indicated by either pulse oximetry or blood gas analysis. People who are struggling to breathe, who are confused, or who have cyanosis (blue-tinged skin) require immediate attention.

Pneumonia symptoms can come so suddenly, this kind of pneumonia usually caused by bacteria or people younger than 65. Pneumonia symptoms include:

Asthma Symptoms

Asthma is a serious global health problem. People of all ages in countries throughout the world are affected by this chronic lung disease, when uncontrolled, can place severe limits on daily life and is sometimes fatal. The prevalence of asthma is increasing in most countries, especially among children. Asthma is a significant burden, not only in terms of health care costs but also of lost productivity and reduced participation in family life.

Asthma type can also divide from its symptoms whether the symptoms are precipitated by allergens (atopic) or not (non-atopic). Asthma symptoms may vary depend on its severity, there are asthma common symptoms that most patient more likely had. But, not all asthma patient has all of those symptoms.

Lung Cancer Symptoms

Lung Cancer has many symptoms, yet all of them are associated with other illness that has no connection with lung cancer. The bad news is when the symptoms show and worsen, its mean that lung cancer already in advance stage. When lung cancer is in early stage, it’s not shows any symptoms or only shows small symptoms that most people will think it’s just small illness or even ignore it.

What are lung cancer symptoms?

Symptoms that may leads to lung cancer are:

1. Coughing is the most common of lung cancer symptoms that experienced by 75% of patients.
2. Shortness of breath
3. Chest pain or pain in the abdomen
4. Weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite
5. Hoarseness
6. Difficulty swallowing
7. Coughing up blood
8. Wheezing