Coughing when a breath comes up is usually seen in respiratory diseases, cardiac diseases and pneumothorax.
1. Respiratory diseases: for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), due to long-term smoking caused by airflow limitation and airway obstruction, usually manifested as coughing, coughing up sputum, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and other symptoms, so there can be a gasping up cough phenomenon. Bronchial asthma may also be characterized by recurrent symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing, which are associated with airway hyperresponsiveness.
2. Cardiogenic diseases: usually seen in patients with heart failure, manifested as pulmonary stasis and pulmonary edema, and cough, sputum, hemoptysis phenomenon, mostly occurring at night, so it can also produce a gasping up cough phenomenon.
3. Pneumothorax: a state of increased pressure and accumulation of gas in the pleural cavity due to the entry of gas into the pleural cavity. Usually there is chest pain, followed by dyspnea performance, can also be accompanied by coughing, wheezing, so it can also occur a breath up cough phenomenon.
If the phenomenon of coughing with a breath of air, it may also be other diseases, it is recommended to go to the hospital to improve the chest radiographs or chest CT and other examinations, to clarify the cause of the disease and symptomatic treatment.