Cough with foamy sputum is rare in general pneumonia, and is mainly common in acute pulmonary edema, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung diseases.
1. Acute pulmonary edema: pulmonary edema caused by acute cardiac insufficiency, manifested by sudden onset of severe dyspnea, sedentary respiration, accompanied by coughing, often coughing out pink foamy sputum, both lungs are full of wet rales and rales.
2. Chronic bronchitis: chronic non-specific inflammation of the bronchial tubes, tracheal mucosa and its surrounding tissues. Clinical symptoms include coughing, coughing up white mucus or foamy sputum with wheezing.
3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): the result of long-term interaction between various environmental factors and the body’s own factors, of which smoking is the most important environmental pathogenic factors. Generally white mucus or plasma foamy sputum, sometimes accompanied by blood.
Cough and sputum with foam may also be other diseases, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for relevant examinations, in the doctor’s help to clarify the cause, and targeted treatment or treatment.