I have a respratory question for someone who has knowledge in the field Please.?

Question

You know that sort of gurgling sound you get from your lungs when your sick and coughf up. I have that feeling in my lungs every day but a light gurgling sound. Its constant for about 3 years now? any suggestions?

I smoked off and on for 10 years to.

Answer 1

Dear the below information hope it will help you:

Rales, crackles or crepitation, are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises heard on auscultation of the lungs with a stethoscope during inhalation. The sounds are caused by the "popping open" of small airways and alveoli collapsed by fluid, exudate, or lack of aeration during expiration.

Rales can be heard in patients with pneumonia, atelectasis, acute bronchitis, and severe bronchitis. Pulmonary edema secondary to left-sided congestive heart failure can also cause rales.

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The sound of rales
Crackles (or rales) are caused by fluid in the small airways or atelectasis. Crackles are referred to as discontinuous sounds; they are intermittent, nonmusical and brief. Crackles may be heard on inspiration or expiration. The popping sounds produced are created when air is forced through respiratory passages that are narrowed by fluid, mucus, or pus. Crackles are often associated with inflammation or infection of the small bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli. Crackles that don't clear after a cough may indicate pulmonary edema or fluid in the alveoli due to heart failure or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Crackles are often described as fine, medium, and coarse.
Fine crackles are soft, high-pitched, and very brief. You can simulate this sound by rolling a strand of hair between your fingers near your ear, or by moistening your thumb and index finger and separating them near your ear.
Coarse crackles are somewhat louder, lower in pitch, and last longer than fine crackles. They have been described as sounding like opening a Velcro fastener.

also note this please:
A wheeze is a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. For wheezes to occur, some part of the respiratory tree must be narrowed or obstructed, or airflow velocity within the respiratory tree must be heightened. Wheezing is commonly experienced by persons with a lung disease; the most common cause of recurrent wheezing is asthma, a form of reactive airway disease.

The differential diagnosis of wheezing is wide, and the cause of wheezing in a given patient is determined by considering the characteristics of the wheezes and the historical and clinical findings made by the examining physician.

Answer 2

I would hope that you have seen a pulmonary dr. , That gurgling sound,does it go away after you cough up those secretions? If not you may also possibly have something else going on such as congestive heart failure.You didn't mention if your're still smoking ,if so quit, See a dr now.they can do a pulmonary function test.and maybe you need something like a little lasix.anyway don't try to diagnosis yourself or let me or anyone else tell you what you need see a specialist.GOOD LUCK

Answer 3

yeah, that gurgling sounds is called "rales" or "crackles" and that indicates that you have some secretion in your lungs that you don't cough out. it maybe harmless now, but that can be a breeding ground for bacteria and that equals pneumonia.

reason why you have it? you mentioned that you smoke. nicotine has a paralyzing effect. our respiratory tract consists of hair-like filaments called "cilia" -- this propels or moves our secretions out. everyday, our lungs produce secretions which the cilia pushes out -- some of them we cough out, some of them come up our trachea, then go down our esophagus -- so we swallow them. it happens every single day.

now... you smoke, those cilias are paralyzed, therefore the secretions sit in your bronchioles and go down to your lungs. the paralyzing effect lasts for up to 8 hours. ever notice that when you wake up in the morning... you start to violently cough? it's because the cilias are moving again (the paralyzing effect is gone) and there are just so many secretions that were produced overtime that were not coughed out. so what do other people do? they smoke again -- and the cycle starts again. some people THINK that they feel better that they smoke whenever they cough -- but that's the ugly truth.

that's just one of the many bad effects of smoking. don't forget about throat cancer, lung cancer, emphysema, and number 1 cause of death among smokers -- heart attack. my grandfather died of a heart attack due to smoking. he was only 51 years old, he died before i was even born.

Answer 4

There could be several causes. If you smoke,it increases mucus production in the airways. Asthma can cause airways to be constricted so the normal muscus in lungs is more troublesome.
My main thought is-does it bother you or cause shortness of breath? If so,see a pulmonologist-if not, I wouldn't be too worried unless it gets worse.

Answer 5

go to a Dr. and ask to have a lung function test done you could have COPD or worse ..that's what happened to me ,ended up in intensive care for 6 days with pneumonia. now I'm down to 52 per cent of my lungs working

Answer 6

first , do U smoke, and @ what do U do for a living, there R many natural healers out there, lots of OJ, any , gold seal root, echinacea, green tea extract

Answer 7

Have you seen a doctor? Do you have wheezing, or pressure? It may be asthma. Believe it or not it could be sinuses draining! If you smoke, its tobacco!

Answer 8

go to the net and punch in Hydrogen peroxide.There are a lot of testimonials and procedures for you to follow good luck

Answer 9

Go to a doctor.

Answer 10

Stop smoking , do x-ray chest .