what is a tell tell sign of

[Frisky]

Bronchitis or Pneumonia ?

I started feeling really ill with tightness in my chest. I've been known to have severe anxiety attacks and thought this was what was going on. However, I was still able to control my breathing and stay calm, but the last attack was the scare of my life. All day yesterday and all night I felt like a pressure was on my chest and throat. My breathing is really shallow unless I force myself to take deeper breaths.

There is alot of pain like stabbing pain in my chest area. Not sure what is up with all that... I did take a treatment last night but it didn't do much for me at all. With stressing about leaving my job, finding another etc... I figured it would be anxiety, but i've never had an attack last for over 24hrs.

 

[Scotsman]

Both should have you hacking up lot's of phlegm.

Bright yellow to bright green- Probably bronchitis

Dark green to brownish- Pneumonia

Hope you feel better friskers.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[stilleto]

i have bronchitis right now.

i started getting a heavy feeling in my lungs, like when you've been swimming in a pool all day and can't take a deep breathe. It was tight and i just felt like the beginnings of a horrible cold, except my head was ok.

then i started coughing and haven't stopped for days. my ribs hurt, my back hurts, my lungs hurt. i'm out of breathe easily and have no energy.

it sucks.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I once had what was thought to be a blood clot in my lungs. BAD BAD BAD stabbing pain whenever I took a breath for over a week. The pain got so intense that I could only take small shallow breaths, of course, inadequate oxygenation so when my lips turned purple I went to the ER.

All day and a host of tests later.... the diagnosis?

A bad muscle pull....

I felt like a dope for going to the ER but they did say that I presented exactly like a blood clot. Had I not gotten it checked out and it was a blood clot - I would have most likely checked out.

Not trying to scare ya... just letting you know what was up with me.

 

[Scotsman]

i have bronchitis right now.

i started getting a heavy feeling in my lungs, like when you've been swimming in a pool all day and can't take a deep breathe. It was tight and i just felt like the beginnings of a horrible cold, except my head was ok.

then i started coughing and haven't stopped for days. my ribs hurt, my back hurts, my lungs hurt. i'm out of breathe easily and have no energy.

it sucks.

I'll massage your chest for you.

Friskers too.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[vixensghost]

Dear God, I've never had it but it does sound like it's horrible from the above stories.


GO TO THE DOC NOW LADY!

 

[musclemom]

Both should have you hacking up lot's of phlegm.

Bright yellow to bright green- Probably bronchitis

Dark green to brownish- Pneumonia

Hope you feel better friskers.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Have to disagree with you, O'Kilted one, it's very possible to have pneumonia without coughing even once, there are many different types.

I had viral pneumonia. The symptoms were extreme difficulty breathing when lying down that improved substantially when becoming upright and utter exhaustion. I literally had ZERO strength, I was incapable of going up the stairs from the first to the second floor of my house, I had to sit down and ended up crawling back down. When I laid down it felt like a very fat person was sitting on my chest, there was a distinct feeling of heaviness. But the weakness was what really convinced me something was very wrong. It would probably be accompanied by a fever, as well (not necessarily) but I would expect there to be some other symptoms.

Bronchitis will ALWAYS be accompanied by a cough and a rattling/rumbling when breathing because it's inflammation of the bronchial tubes. Whether or not phlegm is coming up is another story, but you'll cough yourself sore with bronch (and rumble, rattle, squeak, and generally sound like a broken down steam engine when breathing). You'll also be pretty sick in generally with bronch.

I've also had upper thoracic vertebra sublux and it caused problems with my breathing because it affected my ribcage.

Frisky, most panic attacks don't last more than 20 minutes to half an hour.

 

[blueta2]

Hostility hurts the lungs, study finds

The more mean-spirited and frustrated the person, the lower the pulmonary function
SHARON KIRKEY, CanWest News Service
Published: Monday, June 04, 2007


Hostility might make your lungs sick, according to new research that has found that young adults with short fuses have impaired lung function.

"What's really remarkable (is that) some of the associations were greater than being a current smoker," said lead author Benita Jackson, an assistant professor of psychology at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.

In a study of more than 4,600 18- to 30-year-olds, Jackson's team found the more hostile, frustrated and mean-spirited the personality, the lower the pulmonary function.


In other words, "it appears harbouring hostility hurts," according to the study, published today in the journal Health Psychology.

Adjusting for asthma and smoking didn't change the findings.

In an earlier study of older white men, Jackson's team found that hostility appeared to accelerate natural aging of the lungs. The more rapid the decline in lung function, the sooner people die.

This is the first detailed study to look at younger people, where lung function should be at its peak. "What's remarkable about these findings is that even at a time that's supposed to be one of relative stability and good health in lung functioning, we can see decrements already," Jackson said in an interview.

She contends the effects of hostility, like smoking, accumulate over the years, gradually gnawing away at health.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a progressive and only partially reversible condition that causes swollen and partially blocked airways, reducing airflow to the lungs. It is a major cause of death and disability in Canada and throughout the world.

Smoking, air pollution at work or in the environment, infections in childhood and family history are all known risk factors, but they don't explain the differences in who develops COPD, Jackson said.

The study involved 4,629 people from four U.S. urban centres: Minneapolis, Birmingham, Ala., Chicago and Oakland, Calif.

Researchers measured and tested several times how much each person could blow out in one second with his or her nose clipped after taking the deepest breath possible.

"These are really objective measures. It's not just someone saying: 'I don't breathe that well,' " Jackson said.

Next, participants filled out a 50-item questionnaire that tapped into hostile attitudes. It also measured just how cynical people are and how quick to anger.

Each incremental increase in hostility was associated with a small but statistically significant reduction in lung function for black women, white women and black men.

The association was weakest for young white men, a finding Jackson found puzzling, given her earlier research with older men. "The data suggest a lag effect for white men," she said.

It might be a function of social status. If an executive flies off the handle, he or she might be viewed as authoritative and powerful. On the other hand, someone with lower social status who shows anger might be seen as impudent and out of line. That might result in higher levels of internalized stress that can make him or her sick.

The study doesn't say what comes first, the hostility or the weaker lungs. But other studies have suggested hostility can interrupt the normal functioning of the body's immune and hormonal systems.

Even being a current smoker didn't show the same association with lung function in the relatively young and healthy people who were tested.




© The Gazette (Montreal) 2007

 

[Scotsman]

Have to disagree with you, O'Kilted one, it's very possible to have pneumonia without coughing even once, there are many different types.

I had viral pneumonia. The symptoms were extreme difficulty breathing when lying down that improved substantially when becoming upright and utter exhaustion. I literally had ZERO strength, I was incapable of going up the stairs from the first to the second floor of my house, I had to sit down and ended up crawling back down. When I laid down it felt like a very fat person was sitting on my chest, there was a distinct feeling of heaviness. But the weakness was what really convinced me something was very wrong. It would probably be accompanied by a fever, as well (not necessarily) but I would expect there to be some other symptoms.

Bronchitis will ALWAYS be accompanied by a cough and a rattling/rumbling when breathing because it's inflammation of the bronchial tubes. Whether or not phlegm is coming up is another story, but you'll cough yourself sore with bronch (and rumble, rattle, squeak, and generally sound like a broken down steam engine when breathing). You'll also be pretty sick in generally with bronch.

I've also had upper thoracic vertebra sublux and it caused problems with my breathing because it affected my ribcage.

Frisky, most panic attacks don't last more than 20 minutes to half an hour.

I've had pneumonia three times and walking pneumonia twice and all five times every time I coughed it was like wet party favors springing forth from my lungs.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[stilleto]

Bronchitis will ALWAYS be accompanied by a cough and a rattling/rumbling when breathing because it's inflammation of the bronchial tubes. Whether or not phlegm is coming up is another story, but you'll cough yourself sore with bronch (and rumble, rattle, squeak, and generally sound like a broken down steam engine when breathing). You'll also be pretty sick in generally with bronch.

this describes me now, exactly. my breathing is LOUD and standing next to me, you can clearly hear the rattling in my lungs.
i have no tolerance for heat right now either.