What are the symptoms of tracheitis?

Written by Wang Chun Mei
Pulmonology
Updated on October 29, 2024
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Bronchitis is a very common disease in respiratory medicine and can be categorized into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis based on the duration of the disease. Generally, regardless of the type, the symptoms presented by patients are primarily discomfort in the respiratory tract, such as fever, fatigue, cough, expectoration, breathlessness, chest tightness, and wheezing in cases of acute bronchitis. For patients with chronic bronchitis during acute episodes, there generally is no fever, but the primary symptoms are persistent cough and expectoration, along with wheezing, breathlessness, and chest tightness. Additionally, symptoms may vary between the elderly and the young when they contract bronchitis, thus clinical symptoms are predominantly as described above.

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Symptoms of tracheitis

Tracheitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea. What are the symptoms after contracting tracheitis? Common symptoms of tracheitis include fever, cough, expectoration, and some patients may also experience chest tightness and shortness of breath. After developing tracheitis, it is first necessary to address the cause of the disease. For instance, treatment should be based on whether the cause is bacteria, viruses, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, etc. If it can be clearly determined, appropriate medications should be chosen for treatment. Additionally, symptomatic treatment should be considered, such as using antipyretics for fever. For symptoms like cough and expectoration, cough suppressants and expectorants can be used, and so forth. (Specific medication use should be under the guidance of a doctor.)

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How to treat cough caused by tracheitis

After suffering from bronchitis, coughing is one of the most common symptoms. How should a cough due to bronchitis be treated? First, the treatment should target the cause of the bronchitis. For instance, if it is caused by a bacterial infection, a sensitive antibiotic should be chosen. If it is caused by a mycoplasma infection, an antibiotic effective against mycoplasma should be used. Additionally, medication should be used to specifically address the cough. If it is a dry cough, antitussive and cough suppressant medicines can be used. However, if it is a cough with a lot of phlegm, expectorants should be chosen, and cough suppressants should be used cautiously, especially in cases where the phlegm is thick and difficult to expel, or in elderly or frail individuals. (Please use medication under the guidance of a doctor.)

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Is tracheitis easy to cure?

Bronchitis in clinical practice, due to different inducing factors and the duration of the disease course, is classified into different types. Therefore, the duration of treatment for different types of bronchitis also varies. For acute bronchitis caused by acute bacterial infections, clinical treatment usually involves medication for infection, cough relief, expectoration, and asthma relief. It can be cured in about 1-2 weeks. However, in cases of chronic bronchitis, it is generally not possible to achieve a complete cure. It leads to a non-specific inflammatory change in the bronchi, causing patients to experience recurrent symptoms of coughing, phlegm, and asthma year-round, which are not easy to alleviate. The medications used clinically can only improve some aspects of the patients' quality of life, but not cure the condition.

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Can you eat sweets with tracheitis?

Bronchitis is very common in clinical settings and can be divided into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis based on the duration of the patient's illness. Chronic bronchitis generally causes patients to experience recurrent symptoms such as coughing, phlegm, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and even difficulty breathing. For patients with chronic bronchitis, it is important to avoid eating foods that are overly sweet, overly greasy, as well as high-temperature fried foods, and to avoid spicy and irritating foods. Therefore, it is generally not recommended for patients with bronchitis to consume sweets, as sweet foods can lead to an increase in the secretion of mucus and may also increase the viscosity of the phlegm coughed up by the patient, thereby hindering the improvement of the patient's symptoms. Thus, it is not advisable for patients with bronchitis to eat sweet foods.

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Does tracheitis require surgery?

The so-called tracheitis is a non-specific inflammation caused by various triggering factors that irritate the trachea. For patients with tracheitis, as long as appropriate antiallergic treatment is given, relieving tracheal spasms, anti-infection, cough suppression, expectoration, asthma relief, and other symptomatic treatments, the discomfort caused by tracheitis can be effectively controlled. Therefore, patients with tracheitis do not require surgical treatment, and surgery cannot cure tracheitis. Therefore, in cases of tracheitis, some are caused by allergic factors, some by excessive vigorous exercise, and others by viral or bacterial infection. Thus, for tracheitis caused by different triggering factors, symptomatic treatment can usually effectively control the symptoms caused by tracheitis.