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Q27:The term wheezing typically refers to which type of airway obstruction?

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Question added by Hamzah Alrababah , مسعف فوري , لا يوجد
Date Posted: 2014/07/05
mohd ainol
by mohd ainol , ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICER , MINISTRY HEALTH OG MALAYSIA

wheezing appear when patient have a broncho spasm normally patient diagnose with coad, asthma and broncholitis and it can hear just using ear.

AHMAD SUKHAIRI ABU HASSAN
by AHMAD SUKHAIRI ABU HASSAN , Paramedic , FPSO Ventures

Yes.Wheezing is usually associated with diseases such as bronchiol asthma, bronchiolitis and pneumonia.

Roshan Zameer
by Roshan Zameer , HSE Co-ordinator , Globe Constructors LLC

Wheeze is typically a high-pitched, musical whistle heard during expiration. The term wheeze refers to the noise heard either with or without a stethoscope.

Ayman Al-Essa
by Ayman Al-Essa , ER doctor , Istiklal Hospital

this is usually to small airway obstruction, largely seen in asthma or copd

Imane  Boussouab
by Imane Boussouab , general doctor , private clinic

the wheezing is heared when the patient is asthmatique or had an BPCO, or sometimes when he has a bronchitis.

Sheikh Muhmmad
by Sheikh Muhmmad , Medical Intern , Nishtar Hospital

Asthma is the type of airway obstruction in which wheezing is typically heared.

Wael Shuqair
by Wael Shuqair , Charge Nurse & AHA instructor , ADNOC MedicalServices - Emergency clinics3

Wheeze sounds indicates lower airway obstruction

Martin Naake
by Martin Naake , Clinical placement , Ambulance Service of New South Wales

Wheezing is indicative of bronchiole constriction which presents in conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Anaphylactic or Allergic reactions, Smoke inhalation injuries. Smooth muscle cells constrict in response which presents with the audible sound of wheezing n inhalation or exhalation. 

zouaoui rabah
by zouaoui rabah , سائق مستوى2 , ُالمؤسسة العمومية للصحة الجوارية

Is a medical condition characterized by a temporary interruption or some kind of intermittent breathing during sleep, all the stops breathing called "apnea"; English (Apnea), and lasts for several seconds to several minutes, and this phenomenon is repeated five times at least, -aly. [1] Also, the decline in the rate of self-named "hypopnea", in English Hypopnea)). Sleep apnea is considered among the disruption of sleep problems, ie; behavior or physiological state of abnormal occur during sleep. [2] When interruption or stop breathing binary levels increase carbon dioxide in the blood and as a result; the chemical receptors in the bloodstream notice this rise, and then sends signals to the brain to be wake-up person and the outside air to breathe; By then breathe naturally will return the oxygen level of the situation normal and the person goes back to sleep. [2] Sleep breathing often diagnosed by nocturnal sleep Planning stop.

Lower. In the lower respiratory tree the air velocity can be higher.

The cause can be a partly obstructed or narrowed lower airways.

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