This document defines noisy breathing or respiratory sounds in children and discusses its causes, types, diagnosis, and treatment. There are three main types: stridor caused by upper airway obstruction, wheeze caused by lower airway obstruction, and grunting caused by expiration against a partially closed epiglottis. Common causes include croup, epiglottitis, laryngomalacia, asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. Diagnosis involves medical history, symptoms, physical exam, and may include blood tests, imaging like x-rays, and procedures like bronchoscopy. Treatment depends on the underlying cause but generally includes supportive measures, antibiotics, bronchodilators, steroids, or antivirals
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Noisy breathing in children
2. By : Dr hisham alrabty
Pediatric consultant and pulmonologist
4. Definition:
breathing cycle is not hearable normally.
So noisy breathing is hearable breathing on
other words breathing with any noise.
It happens due to obstruction to airways
either upper or lower due to any cause like
edema or foreign body or secretion.
5. Anatomy of R.S:
Consists of an upper respiratory tract (nose to larynx)
and a lower respiratory tract (trachea onwards) .
OR
Conducting portion transports air:
includes the nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea,
and progressively smaller airways, from the primary
bronchi to the terminal bronchioles
Respiratory portion carries out gas exchange:
composed of small airways called respiratory
bronchioles and alveolar ducts as well as air sacs called
alveoli.
7. Types:
Three common types are:
1. Stridor: due to obstruction of upper
airways.
2. wheeze: due to obstruction to lower
airways.
3. Grunting: due to expiration against
partially closed epiglottis.
8. Causes:
Causes of stridor:
1. Croup: parainfluenza virus.
2. Epiglottitis: hemophilus influenza bacteria.
3. Laryngomalacia: congenital.
4. Hypocalcaemia: rickets.
Causes of wheeze:
1. Asthma: inflammatory.
2. Bronchiolitis: RSV.
Causes of grunting:
Pneumonia: infections by bacteria and viruses.
9. Stridor:
abnormal, high-pitched sound produced by
turbulent airflow through a partially obstructed
airway at the level of the supraglottis, glottis,
subglottis, and/or trachea.
Types of it either inspiratory due to laryngeal
obstruction or expiratory due to
tracheobronchial obstruction or biphasic doe to
subglottic or glottic anomaly.
12. Wheeze:
abnormal high-pitched or low-pitched sound
heard either by unaided human ear or
through stethoscope mainly during
expiration.
patterns of wheezing either Transient early
wheezing (viral induced) or
Persistent and recurrent wheezing (asthma).
14. History:
Onset.
History of any associated symptom: fever.
Duration:
Family history:
Social:
Drug history:
History of previous illness or
addmission:recurrence like asthma.
Travel history: