Sentences with phrase «causing chest infections»

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The infection, which causes coughing, weight loss and chest pain, often goes undiagnosed for months or years, spurring transmission.

While about 65 percent of infections don't cause any symptoms, the vast majority of those who do get sick develop pneumonia - like symptoms, such as cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, headaches, fatigue and fever.

A study published in the journal Chest shows eating chicken soup during a respiratory infection reduces the number of white blood cells, which are the cells that cause flu and cold symptoms.

Lungwort contains natural antibiotics in its acids which act against the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, strep, staph, bacterial pneumonia, and other lung and chest infections.

The difficulty may be caused by infection, allergies, laryngeal disorders, tracheal disorders, heart failure among other causes; your Veterinarian will listen to Gizmo's chest (heart and lungs) and may recommend tests based on their findings.

You don't want to use a cough suppressant until you are 100 % sure the cough isn't productive or you can suppress infection down in his chest and cause pneumonia.

I don't really recommend over-the-counter medication, like cough suppressants, for kennel cough initially (when they first start coughing) because you can suppress the infection down in their chest and cause pneumonia.

Other causes include trauma to the neck head or chest from a car accident or bite wound, disease to the eye's orbit, middle ear infection, disc disease in the neck, brain or chest cancer or the result of treatment such as ear cleaning or medication.

In rare cases, a penetrating bite wound can cause septic arthritis (infection of the joint), osteomyelitis (infection of the bone), pyothorax (pus in the chest cavity) or septic peritonitis (pus in the abdominal cavity).

Thoracic radiographs (chest x-rays) can help to rule out non-infectious causes of coughing, and can also identify more severe secondary respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia.

Chest pain or discomfort can be caused by other factors including a heart attack, lung problems (such as an infection or a blood clot), heartburn, or a panic attack.