. Diseases of children. mucus when a mucousmembrane is attacked. Cough is divided into dry, moist, and laryngeal. Theseare also spoken of as hard, loose, and croupy coughs. Cough results from all inflammations of the respiratorytract; it is heard in certain of the acute infectious diseaseswith which are associated catarrhal conditions of the,respiratory tract, such as whooping-cough (pertussis),measles (rubeola), and influenza; reflexly, it is caused byirritation of the mucous membrane lining the tract andby pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Dry cough is a hard, tight cough and has no
. Diseases of children. mucus when a mucousmembrane is attacked. Cough is divided into dry, moist, and laryngeal. Theseare also spoken of as hard, loose, and croupy coughs. Cough results from all inflammations of the respiratorytract; it is heard in certain of the acute infectious diseaseswith which are associated catarrhal conditions of the,respiratory tract, such as whooping-cough (pertussis),measles (rubeola), and influenza; reflexly, it is caused byirritation of the mucous membrane lining the tract andby pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Dry cough is a hard, tight cough and has no associated 54 DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT 55 expectoration. It is seen in the first stages of acutebronchitis, in most chest diseases of early childhood, inpleurisy, and in reflex cough. Moist cough is accompanied by copious is seen in the later stages of bronchitis, convalescent. Fig. is.—Larynx, trachea, and bronchi (Morrow). pneumonia, and in most chronic diseases of the respiratorytract. Laryngeal cough, also termed croupy cough, has a char-acteristic hard, barking intonation. It is heard especiallyin laryngitis, spasmodic croup, and whooping-cough. 56 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES Expectoration results from the abnormal secretionsof the mucous glands of the respiratory tract. Children do not expectorate until after four years ofage; previous to that time the sputum is swallowed.
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