Wheezing

Definition

Continuous adventitious sounds that are high-pitched are called wheezes. Wheezes originate in airways narrowed by spasm, thickening of the mucosa, or luminal obstruction.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Abnormalities of breathing

• MD11.0Apnoea
• MD11.1Asphyxia
• MD11.2Ataxic breathing
• MD11.3Breath holding
• MD11.4Sleep related Cheyne-Stokes respiration
• MD11.5Dyspnoea
• MD11.6Hiccough
• MD11.7Hyperventilation