Pulmonologist explains when you should look for a doctor to receive adequate treatment
The clearing is the feeling of exhaust in the throat, which usually generates the need to clean the airways through cough. Equivocally, it is often seen as normal and characteristic of the advancement of age, especially when it reaches smokers.
The big problem with this idea is that, often, it delays the diagnosis of respiratory diseases that have the clearing as one of its symptoms. Among these possible conditions there are:
When to worry?
According to the polymonologist Bruna Gheller, from the Polyclinic hospital in Cascavel, it is necessary to seek medical assistance every time the compensation is very frequent or accompanied by other symptoms, such as the lack of breath (dyspnea), hiss in the chest (Sibilos) AND cough dry or expectation.
In the consultation, the expert should ask some questions relating to the symptom, as well as performing a physical examination and an analysis of the need to spirometryX -ray o tomography computed. After all, only these procedures are able to evaluate the functioning of the lung, confirming (or not) the existence of diseases.
Importance of early detection
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See also
Smoke: what it is, causes and how to quit smoking
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): what it is, symptoms and treatment
Bronchiolitis: what it is, symptoms, treatments and if it is serious
The actor Pedro Paulo Rangel: when can the COPD lead to death?
Is it possible to make the early diagnosis of the COPD?
Source: Terra
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