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Is a chest x- ray necessary to determine bronchitis or pneumonia?
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∙ 11y ago
A chest x-ray cannot diagnose bronchitis. A chest x-ray may show pneumonia, but one can have pneumonia with a normal chest x-ray.
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What is the name of the disease that results in mucus building up in your chest or lungs?
bronchitis or pneumonia
Does Cheryl cole have bronchitis?
in her chest
What is the common name for bronchitis?
Acute bronchitis is also called a chest cold.
What is moxiclav duo forte prescribed for?
It is an antibiotic used to treat a range of infections caused by bacteria. Mainly infections in the chest (bronchitis or pneumonia), bladder (cystisis), sinuses (sinisitis), the ears (otiitis media) or the skin.
What sickness has a lot of coughing and the chest hurts?
There are several illness that can be from coughing and chest pain. Pneumonia, bronchitis, common cold and even the flu can be illness that are descriptive of your chest hurting. I would suggest getting a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia and other lung problems. See your doctor. She or he will provide additional tests to determine your medical needs (antibiotics, cough medicine, pain medicine).
What kind of disease you got if you got chest pain cough really hard and feel like your throat closing up?
Sounds like a bad case of bronchitis or possibly walking pneumonia. I'd go to a doctor as soon as possible.
Is your chest supposed to hurt when you hiccup?
because the muscle beneath your lungs twichers and hits your lungs and your chest and makes you hiccup.
What is wheezing a symptom of?
Wheezing is most commonly a symptom of asthma, or perhaps of a chest infection such as bronchitis. It can also be a warning sign of pneumonia or emphysema. It is important to contact a medical professional if any kind of respiratory difficulty occurs unexpectedly and is accompanied by chest pain, since it can accompany life-threatening conditions such as heart failure or pulmonary embolism.
Is Massage indicated for bronchitis?
It depends on the type of bronchitis. If it is acute bronchitis then it is contraindicated. If it is chronic, and considered a COPD, then it is indicated in helping relieve sore chest muscles and also improving lung function by encouraging sputum.
What killed William Henry Harrison?
He had a chest cold which turned into pneumonia.
What are symptoms and signs of tuberculosis?
Signs and symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) include cough, high fever, night sweats, lack of energy, wheezing, chest pain, coughing up blood, and decreased appetite. TB is easily confused with bronchitis or pneumonia and other respiratory infections.
How do you know you have bronchitis?
When I got pneumonia earlier this year, I had a 'crackling' in my lungs and up my throat. Kind of a 'burbling'. I could compare it to feeling like there was 'pop rocks' in my throat when I was lying down. I have had chronic bronchitis my whole life and that was the first time I had those symptoms and the first time I ever got pneumonia.
