What’s wrong with the old man’s breathing sounding like a bellows?



Elderly people breathing sound like pulling a bellows may be related to chronic bronchitis, heart disease and tuberculosis and other causes.

1. Chronic bronchitis: it is a chronic non-specific inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and bronchial tubes and their surrounding tissues caused by infectious or non-infectious factors. Clinical manifestations are coughing, coughing up sputum or wheezing.

2. Heart disease: heart failure is one of the manifestations, accompanied by dyspnea, paroxysmal coughing, coughing foamy sputum, or asthma.

3. Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis can cause dyspnea, and the severity of lung infection can also induce chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Elderly people breathe like a bellows, there are many other reasons, such as emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, etc., if the symptoms can not be relieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital, to clarify the cause of the disease in a timely manner, to give targeted treatment or treatment.