The two most common diseases, accompanied by cough, it is important to learn to distinguish.
It is believed that if a person is unable to get out of bed due to a choking cough, call a doctor or ambulance. But if one is weak, the cough gradually became transformed into a strong perhaps the person thus is on the mend? To these and other questions will answer themselves if you know what the symptoms characteristic for bronchitis and whooping cough.
Signs of the most common forms of bronchitis:
1. Disease begins always with the usual runny nose or nasal congestion.
2. The temperature seldom rises above 39 degrees, except that when running bronchitis.
3. Pain in chest during cough.
4. Expectoration of sputum.
5. Most often sick with bronchitis man coughs in the morning and before going to sleep.
6. Just a week a maximum of 10 days and a cough must retreat, and with it other symptoms that accompanied the disease.
7. Bronchitis, by the way, the cough may be deep, but dry, so often as the side effects on the human body and shortness of breath.
The symptoms of whooping cough, which can not be overlooked:
1. General malaise, weakness, low-grade fever.
2. The disease lasts up to 2 weeks if the patient acts according to the prescription of the attending physician.
3. Pertussis most often affects children.
4. At the initial stage of whooping cough is almost does not cause the patient expressed discomfort.
5. A week after a doctor established the diagnosis, the cough increases, and you experience the most attacks. They often lead to vomiting and even choking. But these symptoms are common in children, adults almost never cough in whooping cough.
6. If your child has whooping cough, then when he comes in a fit and coughs, unable to breathe, his eyes bloodshot, and his face acquires a bluish tint.
7. After recovery about three weeks the patient may cough, but not so much.
It turns out that the symptoms of bronchitis and pertussis are virtually identical and independently to identify the disease in a person without medical education will not work. So as soon as you have encountered the above symptoms — call an ambulance or call the therapist on the house.
