tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post5372434380565868699..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: The 9 different types of wheezesRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-89841282670167911952017-03-10T13:24:08.163-05:002017-03-10T13:24:08.163-05:00Great question. I observed the same thing in mysel...Great question. I observed the same thing in myself when I was a kid, that I would sometimes audibly wheeze when I was having asthma symptoms. My theory is you can't hear bronchospasm without the aid of a stethoscope. However, asthmatics also produce excessive amounts of mucus from an abnormally high number of goblet cells. This mucus makes it's way to upper airways, obstructing them. As air moves through these airways, an audible wheeze may be heard. I had many nurses tell me when I was a kid that my wheezes were audible, so they can't be bronchospasm. She was right. But what she failed to consider was that you can have both upper airway and lower airway (it's bronchospasm) wheezes at the same time. Keep in mind this is just my theory. However, I have also been living with this disease, and studying this disease, for over 40 years. I hope this answers your question. John. Site Moderator. John Bottrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05107035756753427035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-90789502846617380482017-03-10T12:45:32.494-05:002017-03-10T12:45:32.494-05:00My 10 year old son has asthma. Sometimes, I can he...My 10 year old son has asthma. Sometimes, I can hear him wheeze when he walks in the room. I put my stethoscope on him and hear wheezes throughout. He says it's hard to breathe. He uses his albuterol inhaler and feels better. I can't hear the wheezes anymore. I put my stethoscope back on him and hear improvement. So what am I hearing when I can hear him wheezing without my stethoscope? That wheezing is not his asthmatic bronchospasm?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492213724259347957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-27713511111565887762015-09-27T13:43:20.753-04:002015-09-27T13:43:20.753-04:00Great info. This RT student thanks you.Great info. This RT student thanks you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056862961279946884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-78759147090202820712015-09-27T13:43:06.362-04:002015-09-27T13:43:06.362-04:00Great info. This RT student thanks you.Great info. This RT student thanks you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056862961279946884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-72200202755694473662013-08-21T20:16:02.422-04:002013-08-21T20:16:02.422-04:00Great description of the various causes of a '...Great description of the various causes of a 'wheeze!. I frequently asked my peers to listen to the neck but none of them would...they could have learned a lot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com