marked difference between pneumonia and asthma?

Question

if you have pneumonia, do you experience wheezing? or is for asthma only? by the way, define wheezing.
how about phlegm? if you have asthma, do you have phlegm?

Answer 1

Yes you can have wheezes with either. Wheezes are a whistling and humming sound combined (best I know to define it), that happens while inhaling or exhaling or both. The louder the wheezes the less dangerous. When someone is wheezing at least they are moving air in and out of the lung. Asthma is defined as excessive production of / and thickening of mucus (phlegm). This means when in an asthma attack, the coughing up of phlegm is not as likely to be seen because it is trapped in the airways of the lung helping to cause the asthma. When you cough up phlegm, and it is not clear, (Brown green or deep yellow), you could have a lung infection like pneumonia. If your an asthma patient and have pneumonia, that could trigger attacks.
Hope that helps!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Whoa, there are lots of differences. With pneumonia, you can have phlegm, not sure about wheezing. With asthma, you can sometimes have phlegm but it's usually a hacking dry cough accompanied by a loud wheeze whilst breathing in. Pneumonia is caused by pathogens whilst asthma is not, pneumonia is curable whilst asthma never goes away but a sufferer can be asymptomatic. I hope this helps!

Answer 4

Pneumonia Wheezing

Answer 5

Just like they say 'All that Glitters is not Gold',similarly 'All that Wheezes is NOT Asthma'.
Asthma: A common disorder in which chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes (airways in layman's terms) makes them swell, narrowing the airways. Asthma involves only the bronchial tubes and does not affect the air sacs (alveoli) or the lung tissue (the parenchyma of the lung) itself.
Airway narrowing in asthma is due to three major processes acting on the bronchi: (A) Inflammation, (B) Spasm (also called bronchospasm), and (C) Hyperreactivity (over-reaction of the bronchi to factors that can precipitate asthma like virus, chemicals,dust,cold air,smoke/smoking etc).
Pneumonia: Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.This means when there is respiratory infection within the substance of the lung(parenchyma) the lung reacts to the bacteria/virus by producing excessive secretions rich in cells and chemicals to kill this invader.As a result of these excessive secretions,the airways right upto the air sacs(alveoli) which form the end of the airways, get clogged with the thick secretions.This converts the otherwise 'spongy' lung to a solid structure(which is termed as consolidation) and this is the hallmark of a pneumonia.This picture resolves with the right antibiotics and chest physiotherapy(to help clear the clogged airways). These secretions which would contain dead/live bacteria/virus with the cells and chemicals from the body to kill/limit them are coughed out as sputum(or phlegm as it is commonly called).The clearing of phlegm from greenish/yellowish to whitish is an indicator that the infection is coming under control.
To cut a long story short, asthma is allergic response by the airways while pneumonia is infective response of the lung parenchyma.
Pneumonia can present with wheezing (more so if you are an asthmatic), but otherwise not mandatory.
Asthma can produce yellowish phlegm but this is usually non infective and is a result of the allergic response of the airways.
Wheezing is a hallmark for asthma but all wheezers may not necessarily have asthma.It can occur in COPD,heart failure and acute response to external agents like chemicals/toxic smoke etc.To diagnose asthma there are certian criteria to be acclomplished, something your doctor would be able to help you out.
Finally, wheezing occurs as a result of constricted airways due to asthma or certian other causes.When the individual tries to force air in through these constricted airways, this results in that characterstic musical sound referred to as a wheeze.
Hope your doubts have been greatly clarified.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Pneumonia is an infection and usually has turned into a bacterial one that needs antibiotics to cure it. You will usually have a bad caugh with lots of phlem from the pheumonia being caughed up out of your lungs. You can wheeze with it. Wheezing is just that. You sound like you are making small noises from your lungs when you breathe in and out. That is because your lungs have to work harder to take in and release air. I have never heard of anyone have phlem with athesma. They do wheeze though and have shortness of breath. Whichever the case is, if you think you have either, I would seek medical attention quickly because both of them can kill you. I hope that help you out.

Answer 8

Simple,
Asthma caused by some allergens while pneumonia caused by pathogens.

Answer 9

pneumonia is actually fluid in the lung tissue and too much of the fluid will cause constriction, asthma is airway constriction, phlegm is the secretions from the mucous cells that line your respiratory tract which protects it and keeps it clean.