To clean your lungs and remove pollutants, your brain tells you to cough. We cough to ease symptoms by constricting our chest and lungs. A cardiac cough is caused by pulmonary edema, which weakens heart muscle due to heart failure. This condition makes you cough to expel fluid from your lu...
My father is my heroWhen I was young he would kiss me every night and sing to me as I awoke. He made me feel so special. I knew that my father loved me. It made me feel strong enough to do almost everything. He got sick, but strength(力气) kept him alive. He loved his child...
Common symptoms of HF in SSA include cough, dyspnoea, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, pedal oedema and easy fatiguability. Rales, displaced apex beat, elevated jugular venous pressure and third heart sound are common signs. Others include peripheral oedema, tender hepatomegaly and systolic...
A small number of cases have been associated with hemodynamic effect from compression of the right heart, chronic cough, chest pain, and dyspnea. There are also case reports of spontaneous or traumatic hemorrhage into the pericardial cysts and subsequent tamponade.9 The differential for pericardial ...
So the next morning we went to an urgent care. They tested him for flu, Covid and RSV. The results came back surprisingly not Covid or flu, but he tested positive for RSV. But the PA that we saw said, “Don’t worry about it too much. We’ll give you cough medicine, and just...
One year after receiving her new heart, Moore feels better than ever. "Being able to go up steps, laughing and not needing to cough. It's so many simple things," Moore said, smiling. "Having a medical team that doesn't see you as a chart number, it just makes a difference." ...
This heart plush toy also makes a great size post-op cough pillow for pediatric patients. Heart disease isn't cute, but this heart pillow sure is! Great gift for open heart surgery patients, or show a doctor or nurse some extra fluffy love. Cardiologists and cardiac nurses need love, too...
“The chemical smell makes me sick, head spinning, and takes my breath away!!!” “I have an on-going lung issue that won’t improve anymore and I know it is because my lungs are subjected to this stuff every time I go out. My more lungs can’t take it anymore.” “I have a ...
The yellowed and cracking pages of an 80s paperback that was never meant to last make me think of the Waldenbooks in which it was so likely purchased – of another fading era. I also donated one or two of my (cough) SEVERAL copies of books like The Lord of the Rings books. I’ve...
His cough is more like wheezing.(他的咳嗽有呼哧呼哧的响声。) His cough is dry, producing no phlegm.(他是干咳,没有痰。) He has coughed up blood.(他咳嗽有血。) His nose stuffed up when he had a cold.(他感冒时鼻子就不通。) He coughs up a lot of phlegm (thick spit) on most ...