Chest congestion is an unpleasant and severe symptom of a number of complex diseases. Quite often, its additional phenomenon is a cough that exhausts the patient. To find out the reasons, you should visit a specialist.
Causes of pathology
In addition to the fact that the chest is blocked, the patient may have pain in the chest area, which indicates the transition of the disease to a more complex stage. For example, this is how pericarditis is born.
Sharp and persistent pain, as well as a crunch when breathing, are signs of pleural damage, which means that tuberculosis or fibrinous pleurisy develops.
If the cough is muffled and deep, and blood bodies are found in the sputum, you need to consider that these are usually symptoms of blood clots in the pulmonary artery.
This is only a part of the list of probable diseases with similar symptoms, therefore, if at least one of them is found, you must immediately consult a specialist, since not a single disease can be cured on its own, it only passes from one stage to another, and the result may be a chronic form.
Another cause of stuffy breasts can be an infectious disease,directly affecting the chest area. A huge number of different types of viruses are sources for such symptoms. However, timely treatment of cough eliminates the development of any complications. Dry barking cough gradually becomes relieved.
It is necessary to take into account the development of pneumonia, since its first stage is ornithosis, provoked by untreated chlamydia.
Also, fungal diseases become sources for chest congestion and cough. Usually, this is a consequence of long-term use of antibiotics and a weakened immune system. Sometimes this kind of disease is confused with infectious pneumonia.
Another provocateur of diseases is microorganisms, for example, typhus. These are microinfections transmitted by airborne droplets. It is possible to identify such bacteria through the analysis of sputum with purulent impurities. But this also requires a certain period of time, since at the initial stage the cough is dry, which means that sputum is not secreted. It should also be taken into account that illiterate treatment only aggravates the patient's state of he alth, which means that simple chest congestion or cough will go into the stage of pleurisy, which is also rich in various types.
Sometimes chest congestion and cough due to several infections at once, which can be detected by tests. Moreover, allergies can also become the basis for congestion. In this case, the patient needs to be observed by an allergist, who will determine the irritating source and prescribe the necessary drugs.
Baby stuffed up
Children have a very weak immune system, so even the slightest sign of the development of a particular disease should alarm parents and encourage them to see a doctor. The causes, both in adults and in young patients, can be viral diseases, inflammatory processes or allergic reactions.
Unfortunately, in a child's body, foreign bacteria develop much faster than a sharp deterioration in well-being is justified. Moreover, in medical practice, not isolated cases of death are known, therefore, experts strongly recommend not to start the disease in attempts to self-medicate. Independent actions often do much more harm than good to a small organism.
Throat and chest congestion
If the throat and chest are stuffed up, it is necessary to find out the reasons, since the treatment tactics directly depend on this. In the cold period, when the common cold becomes a regular guest in many homes, we can talk about a viral infection, which affects the congestion of these departments. If you are in close proximity with a sick person, or rather with a coughing or sneezing person, the risk of getting infected is approximately 80-85%. A viral infection will not take long to wait - already in the next 70 hours, subject to weakened immunity, signs of infection appear: chest pains, stuffy chest, burning in the nose, stuffy throat, watery eyes.
In the future, another important sign appears - temperature. Sometimes she isaccompanied by coughing and sneezing. However, it cannot be ruled out that allergic nasopharyngitis develops in this way, especially if a person notices these symptoms at the peak of allergic reactions, that is, in late spring, early and mid-summer.
In the cold season, even in the absence of contact with the infected, there is always a risk of hypothermia, which results in such symptoms.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is another contributing factor to the development of a stuffy throat, in which hydrochloric acids are deposited into the throat through the esophagus, resulting in this kind of sensation.
If the patient feels such congestion for a long period of time (about a year, for example), then this may indicate a violation in the cervical spine, in which a pinched nerve occurs.
Stuffy nose and chest
Why is my nose and chest stuffed up? This unpleasant symptom sometimes accompanies a person for quite a long time, both during the rehabilitation period and in the initial stages of the disease. The most common cause for nasal congestion is rhinitis. It can be of several types, and it is very important for a sick person to recognize its type in order for the treatment to be productive. Rhinitis is divided into: viral, bacterial, vasomotor, perennial and allergic.
In addition, a stuffy nose can be the result of an inflammatory process in the sinus, a fungal disease, the development of adenoids, etc. Moreone push can be a developing tumor - cancerous or benign.
There are a number of diagnostic methods that are carried out by the ENT. These include: otoscopy, rhinoscopy and meso-pharyngoscopy. And when studying neoplasms in the sinus of the nose, tomography is used, which will reveal violations of the body.
Surgical intervention may sometimes be required to fight the disease, which can be performed in several ways:
- contochomy;
- vasotomy of the nasal concha;
- radioturbination;
- changing the nasal septum, as well as its straightening;
- extraction of neoplasms in the patient's nasopharynx.
Temperature rise
If a person has a stuffy chest and a temperature, then this may indicate infection with a viral infection. An increase in temperature is a protective reaction of the body against foreign bacteria. Often at the same time, the mark on the thermometer reaches 38 and above. It is worth noting that it is not worth bringing down the temperature by means of antipyretics. However, sometimes it reaches 40.5 degrees, then the patient should take measures to lower the temperature. The cause of congestion and temperature can be a number of viral diseases, such as tonsillitis, otitis media, influenza, pneumonia, etc.
Stuffed up breasts: what to do?
If congestion of the chest or throat is observed in the child's body, then the specialist prescribes a syrup that includes vegetableComponents. In addition, inhalations are carried out.
For adults, the doctor prescribes a universal treatment complex after a series of procedures. It may include:
- "Broncholithin";
- "Gedelix";
- "Doctor MOM";
- "Lazolvan";
- herbal syrups.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy treatments include:
- acupuncture;
- inhalations;
- ultrasound;
- electrophoresis and others.
It must be remembered that such procedures are only an addition to medical treatment. They are aimed primarily at vasodilatation.
Folk treatments
There are a number of folk remedies that can be used at home, provided that the patient does not have the opportunity to contact a specialist:
- Instillation of grated beets into the nasal cavity.
- Inhaling the steam of boiled potatoes.
- Apply a boiled hot egg to the affected side of the nose.
- Apply sea s alt to both sides of the nose.
- Lubricating the nasal mucosa with lamb fat.
- Rinse the nose with horse sorrel.
However, we must not forget that taking any drugs, including folk remedies, must be agreed with your doctor.
How to relieve the condition
In folk medicine, there are thousands of proven ways to get rid of such manifestations. If the patient is deprived of the opportunity to see a doctor, he should:
- In addition to hot drinks, take a hot bath and shower.
- Put more pillows under your head to keep your head elevated while you sleep.
- Apply warm compresses.
- Use a humidifier at night.
- Drink as much liquid as possible, especially hot drinks such as milk tea, milk with honey, etc.
- Avoid eating junk food, as well as spicy, fried or starchy foods. The best option is fresh fruits and vegetables.
In the case of an adult, these methods are quite effective, but we must not forget about traditional medicine, and that, in turn, requires examination by a specialist and treatment with medicines prescribed by him. We must not forget that a person without a medical education cannot correctly determine the disease that he suffers from, and therefore the chances of a cure are low. The patient can simply dull the symptoms of the disease, which can later become chronic.
