Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds resulting from unusual airflow through the lungs. They can be due to conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis. Anything that changes the normal airflow ...

A high-pitched whistling sound when you breathe is the first tip-off that air is fighting to make its way into or out of your lungs. That sound is aptly named wheezing, and it is something that people ...

Researchers at Rutgers and other institutions have discovered how muscle contraction (bronchospasm) in the airway, which causes breathing difficulty in people with asthma, occur by creating a ...

Getting an asthma diagnosis means you have to learn some new lingo. Your doctor may throw around phrases like “peak flow readings” (a way to measure how well your lungs are functioning), “short-acting ...

ANN ARBOR--Doctors know they're the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms--crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of ...

Ken came to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of shortness of breath. He had a long-standing history of asthma and felt that he was having a flare-up. He told the triage nurse that he always ...