What Does the Term Bronchorrhea Mean?
Bronchorrhea Is Defined as Water Sputum Production of over 100 mL per Day and Sometimes It Can Be Confused as a Chronic Cough Syndrome. What Causes...
Bronchorrhea is defined as water sputum production of over 100 mL per day and sometimes it can be confused as a chronic cough syndrome.
What causes Bronchorrhea?
Bronchorrhea is the production of more than 100 mL per day of watery sputum. Chronic bronchitis is a common cause, but it may also be caused by asthma, pulmonary contusion, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, cancer, scorpion stings, severe hypothermia and poisoning by organophosphates and other poisons.
How is Bronchorrhea diagnosed?
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These will depend on what condition your doctor suspects you have, but may include:
- chest X-ray or other imaging test.
- spirometry (a lung function test)
- sputum culture (a sample of your mucus)
- blood tests.
- biopsy (tissue sample)
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