Symptoms of suffocation
The air is the most of the most important components that promote human life. Loss of ability to breathe perceived by the body as an ambulance death, because the emergence of strong fear, panic - inevitably. Sunshine attacks are usually triggered both diseases of the lungs and heart disease and vessels.
When choking is greatly difficult, breathing, up to the impossibility of breathing, lights skin, in the chest there is a strong constraint. Choosing usually arises sharply, attacks, between which, sometimes, the patient does not arise no more complaints. One way or another, the suffocation leads to acute oxygen deficiency, because the trip to the doctor is not allowed not to postpone for a minute.
In the primary medical examination, differential diagnosis is carried out on the main signs of choking. The first thing is estimated is the presence of the following factors:
- Lack of air is usually developing suddenly, without any precursors. The type of breathing is most often whistling or even noted well heard wheezing wheezing;
- There is a blue skin shade;
- cervical veins swell;
- acutely felt pain in the chest;
- blood pressure changes, heart rate, observed Heart arythmy.
Causes of suffocation
The causes of the suffocation can be a whole range of various diseases. Very rarely observed dyspnea, not accompanied by no reasons. Our site offers to familiarize yourself with the most common reasons for choking, which diagnose doctors.
- Bronchial asthma. The spasm of the bronchi occurs when allergen appears in the respiratory tract, the attack of suffocation develops. Also possible is the emergence of a chunk if Astmatic picked up Angina, bronchitis, pharyngitis, Pneumonia - any infectious disease. Asthma treatment is long, using a special treatment plan, which constitutes a doctor individually for each patient.
- Obstructive syndrome. In the chronic stage of obstructive lung syndrome, shortness of breath and suffocation can also occur. The most frequent cause of this disease is smoking (both passive and active), work on heavy industries - coal, cement, pulp and paper.
- Pneumothorax - a very dangerous disease, the patient must be constantly with someone, because one attack of difficulty breathing can lead to death, he needs urgent help. Moreover, death occurs not only due to lack of air, but also from traumatic shock, since the integrity of the chest during the attack is disturbed.
- Anaphylactic shock. It is a difficult condition that is provoked by a large number of allergen in the human body. Acute respiratory failure is developing, blood circulation is very slowed down, oxygen ceases to enter the organs of life. It should be remembered that the allergen can act as you like: from ordinary flower pollen and Insect bites, to medical preparations and chemicals.
- The foreign body, which falls into the larynx, bronchi and trachea, is quite frequent cause of choking. It can happen and while eating at the table, and in the event of a fright, both in an adult and a child (in children, of course, more often). Sometimes a foreign object hit can provoke a type of type Cocktle and bronchial asthma with sudden cough attacks. There is only a few minutes for first aid, therefore it is necessary to start immediately.
- The attack of suffocation can be a precursor of the tumors of the respiratory tract, both benign and malignant. Tumors occur in fact asymptomaticly, but one of the first signs of their appearance can be just difficulty breathing.
- In the diphtheria of the larynx and the zea (cruel), a strong narrowing of the larynx may be due to the attack of suffocation. If the patient has a blue nasolabial triangle, heard surface frequency breathing, pressure drops, cold sweat is distinguished, convulsions are observed, it is necessary to immediately provide medical care, otherwise there is a fatal outcome from suffocation.
- Highland swelling. It is often a consequence of any disease, less often - domestic burn (for example, hot water), mechanical injury. There are two varieties of edema:
- Non-inflammatory, in which difficulties are felt during swallowing. It develops not rapidly and suffocation with it often does not occur. It appears in diseases of the kidneys, liver, cardiovascular system, and sometimes there may be a consequence of an allergic reaction;
- Inflammatory swelling occurs when Scarlay, Corey, Tip, Influenza, as well as in chronic syphilis and Tuberculosis. His development is rapidly, the patient feels the constant presence of a foreign body in the throat, it seems to him that the larynx constantly shrinks, the voice hoarse. The phenomenon of suffocation at an inflammatory edema is constant.
- Pneumonia is very often accompanied by difficulty breathing and shortness of breath.
- Panic attack, According to research, at least once in life attended every person. More often this is a female problem, as it arises against the background of stress and emotional overvoltages. With it, a tremor arises, rapid heartbeat, chest pain on the left, numbness of limbs, embarrassing fear and horror. All this symptomatics may be accompanied by a sewing attack.
First Assistance in Chief
It is important to know, because at any time your loved ones, parents, friends may arise the attack of suffocation. Remember that in time rendered, the right assistance can save a person not only health, but also life.
First of all, it is necessary for the patient to take a vertical position with lowered down legs. If the patient is asthmatic, it is necessary to give him a medicine from the inhaler. Open the windows, provide a patient with air inflow. Try it to calm and distract it, do not fall into panic. Editively contact B ambulance. Later, the patient will need to be examined by the cardiologist, allergist, pulmonic, psychotherapist.
If the person in front of your eyes fed, it is also necessary to react immediately. Ask a person to get up and tilt your head forward - it is possible if he is in consciousness. Now apply some sharp blows (it is important to control the strength) between the blades.
If it did not help, grab a person from behind in the area above the stomach, but under the breast, and grasp much and sharply. Thus, you comprehend the lower ribs, and provides an outflow of air from the bottom of the body. At this moment, the meal particle must fly out of the larynx.
If a person is already unconscious, then turn it on his back and sharply push the fists on the top of the abdomen. If it did not help, turn it over, laying it under the stomach of his own bent knee, lower his head. Several times (no more than 5) hit the palm between the blades.
