What Are the Common Causes of a Sore Throat and Mucus in the Throat?

Chinese medicine believes that the production of sputum is mainly related to the lungs and spleen. The lungs mainly breathe, regulating the entry and exit of the vital energy (vitality). If lung loss is reduced, cough, asthma, and inequality may occur. When the wind evil or cold evil invades the lungs, the body fluid in the lungs condenses into sputum. The spleen is mainly transported, that is, it digests and transports nutrients to various organs. If the wet evil invades the human body, or over-thinking, tiredness, and inadequate diet, it can hurt the spleen and cause it to lose its function of transportation, causing the water to stop condensing into sputum. After a few days of high fever caused by hot evils invading the lungs or by wind or cold evils, the body fluid is burned and converted into yellow sticky sputum, which is called hot sputum. Acute tracheobronchitis, Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mainly caused by wind, cold, heat, wetness, dryness, and fire. The external evils invade the lung health, leading to unpredictable lung Qi, reducing imbalances, affecting the entry and exit of lung Qi, and causing cough. , Sputum, asthma. Due to different human qualities and different infections and external evils, different syndromes such as wind cold and wind heat may appear. The clinical findings are mostly wind cold. Others, such as inhaling sooty air, can also cause lung cough. If the evil of lung health can't be removed in time, it can be transformed and transformed, such as wind cold cough can be depressed and heat, wind heat cough can reduce dry injury, so there are clinically different sprays of wind cold, wind heat, dry heat and other syndromes. cough. Modern medicine believes that when the body's resistance is low, such as cold, excessive fatigue, malnutrition, etc., it can cause infection when the whole body or local defense function is low (common respiratory respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, influenza virus and adenovirus, and mycoplasma pneumoniae). Etc., or secondary bacteria such as pneumococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus and staphylococcal infections), physical and chemical stimuli (such as supercooled air, air pollution, dust, irritating gases or smoke inhalation) and Allergic reactions (such as pollen, organic dust, fungal spores, etc. that are inhaling or allergic to seedling proteins) cause tracheo-bronchial local defense weakened (mucosal epithelial damage, ciliary dyskinesia), causing mucosal hyperemia, edema, exudation, secretions Increased inflammation and other pathological changes.

Mucus purulent sputum

Sputum is an acute and chronic tracheobronchitis, and cough, sputum, asthma, and inflammation are common symptoms of lower respiratory tract infections. In the human's respiratory tract, many small ciliated wheat waves are heading in the direction of the mouth, slowly pushing the dirty things out, and when they are pushed to the throat, the person will cough and spit. Acute tracheobronchitis, the initial stage of the disease is a single dry cough or a small amount of mucus and sputum. With the development of the disease, the cough intensifies, the secretion gradually increases, and the sputum is mucopurulent.

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Related diseases

Asthmatic bronchitis pneumonia Pediatric acute bronchitis Bronchodilation Bronchopneumonia Trachea bronchial foreign body Acute trachea-bronchitis Chronic bronchitis Staphylococcus infection Respiratory bronchitis Interstitial lung disease Acute bronchitis Acute bronchitis Chronic bronchitis In children Bronchitis in children with acute laryngotracheal bronchitis in children with acute tracheobronchitis in children with chronic bronchitis in children with bronchiolitis in children with bronchial pneumonia in children with bronchiectasis malnutrition heat cough resistance edema sputum dampness lung resistance

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Respiratory Medicine

Related symptoms

Dry cough dyspnea yellow white sticky sputum fruity cough sputum coal dust or cholesterol crystals sputum sputum is mucus purulent bacterial infection wheezing increased neutrophil

Chinese medicine believes that the production of sputum is mainly related to the lungs and spleen. The lungs mainly breathe, regulating the entry and exit of the vital energy (vitality). If lung loss is reduced, cough, asthma, and inequality may occur. When the wind evil or cold evil invades the lungs, the body fluid in the lungs condenses into sputum. The spleen is mainly transported, that is, it digests and transports nutrients to various organs. If the wet evil invades the human body, or over-thinking, tiredness, and inadequate diet, it can hurt the spleen and cause it to lose its function of transportation, causing the water to stop condensing into sputum. After a few days of high fever caused by hot evils invading the lungs or by wind or cold evils, the body fluid is burned and converted into yellow sticky sputum, which is called hot sputum. Acute tracheobronchitis, Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mainly caused by wind, cold, heat, wetness, dryness, and fire. The external evils invade the lung health, leading to unpredictable lung Qi, reducing imbalances, affecting the entry and exit of lung Qi, and causing cough. , Sputum, asthma. Due to different human qualities and different infections and external evils, different syndromes such as wind cold and wind heat may appear. The clinical findings are mostly wind cold. Others, such as inhaling sooty air, can also cause lung cough. If the evil of lung health can't be removed in time, it can be transformed and transformed, such as wind cold cough can be depressed and heat, wind heat cough can reduce dry injury, so there are clinically different sprays of wind cold, wind heat, dry heat and other syndromes. cough. Modern medicine believes that when the body's resistance is low, such as cold, excessive fatigue, malnutrition, etc., it can cause infection when the whole body or local defense function is low (common respiratory respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, influenza virus and adenovirus, and mycoplasma pneumoniae). Etc., or secondary bacteria such as pneumococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus and staphylococcal infections), physical and chemical stimuli (such as supercooled air, air pollution, dust, irritating gases or smoke inhalation) and Allergic reactions (such as pollen, organic dust, fungal spores, etc. that are inhaling or allergic to seedling proteins) cause tracheo-bronchial local defense weakened (mucosal epithelial damage, ciliary dyskinesia), causing mucosal hyperemia, edema, exudation, secretions Increased inflammation and other pathological changes.

I. Symptoms Systemic symptoms are generally mild, and there may be fever, which is about 38 ° C and falls to normal in more than 3-5 days. Cough and sputum, first a dry cough or a small amount of mucus sputum, can then be converted to mucopurulent or purulent, increased sputum volume, cough intensified, occasionally blood in the sputum, cough can continue for 2-3 weeks before disappearing, such as If the delay does not heal, it can develop into chronic bronchitis. If the bronchospasm occurs, shortness of breath may occur, and the back of the sternum will feel tight.

Second, the signs are not many, the breathing sounds are usually normal, and scattered dry and wet snoring sounds can be heard in both lungs. The snoring site is not fixed and can be reduced or disappeared after coughing.

Laboratory tests showed no significant changes in the white blood cell count and classification of peripheral blood. When the bacterial infection is severe, the total number of white blood cells and neutrophils increases, and pathogenic bacteria can be found in sputum culture.

Chronic bronchitis in the elderly, the onset of insidious attacks, mostly from young and middle-aged, there are a few onset in the elderly. Patients develop more cough and expectoration than in the cold season, especially in the morning. The sputum appears as a white mucus foam.

The yellow-white sticky sputum is fruity. It is found in Flavobacterium pneumonia. The temperature rises, it is difficult to breathe, and the sputum volume is increased. The yellow-white sticky sputum is fruity. On examination, both lungs had a thin snoring sound and a few wheezing sounds.

Sputum sticking to coal dust or cholesterol crystals is a symptom of the clinical manifestations of coal workers' pneumoconiosis. Coal miner pneumoconiosis (coalminerrsquo; spneumoconiosis) is a general term for lung lesions caused by coal workers' long-term inhalation of dust in the production environment.

I. Symptoms Systemic symptoms are generally mild, and there may be fever, which is about 38 ° C and falls to normal in more than 3-5 days. Cough and sputum, first a dry cough or a small amount of mucus sputum, can then be converted to mucopurulent or purulent, increased sputum volume, cough intensified, occasionally blood in the sputum, cough can continue for 2-3 weeks before disappearing If the delay does not heal, it can develop into chronic bronchitis. If the bronchospasm occurs, shortness of breath may occur, and the back of the sternum will feel tight.

Second, the signs are not many, the breathing sounds are usually normal, and scattered dry and wet snoring sounds can be heard in both lungs. The snoring site is not fixed and can be reduced or disappeared after coughing.

Laboratory tests showed no significant changes in the white blood cell count and classification of peripheral blood. When the bacterial infection is severe, the total number of white blood cells and neutrophils increases, and pathogenic bacteria can be found in sputum culture.

Sputum is a secretion of the respiratory tract, and healthy people generally have sputum. However, if you have a respiratory disease, you can produce a lot of sputum after being infected by a pathogenic microorganism. There are thousands of germs in the sputum. Sputum can spread atypical pneumonia, tuberculosis, influenza, cholera, measles, etc. Some people spit, others have the opportunity to inhale pathogenic bacteria, because pathogenic microorganisms in sputum will evaporate into the air, healthy people breathe some air with pathogens, it is easy to recruit, sputum is excreted by our respiratory Waste, a small mouthful of sputum, tens of millions of bacteria, can not spit anywhere to maintain environmental hygiene, but must not be forced to swallow, because sputum contains a large number of bacteria, if a small amount of bacteria may be swallowed The gastric juice is killed, but most of the bacteria are still alive, they will enter the intestine and cause intestinal diseases, and if the sputum contains Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it may cause intestinal tuberculosis. These bacteria may also spread to the liver, kidney, meninges and other parts through the blood and cause diseases in these parts. Experts point out that sputum can also be harmful if you do not vomit. If the sputum is not expelled in time in the respiratory tract, it can lead to poor breath and difficulty breathing, which may develop into emphysema. Coughing, repeated coughing can cause changes in the alveoli and lead to poor functioning. Some patients' sputum is also antigenic and can cause allergic asthma. Therefore, experts point out that sputum should be vomited as soon as possible, but be careful not to vomit anywhere. Spit, it's best to wrap it in a paper towel and throw it into the trash.