Wet cough
Wet cough: Introduction
Many respiratory infections start out as a dry cough,
and then become a wet productive cough as the lungs
start to produce more sputum.
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Causes of Wet cough:
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- COUGH
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- HEMOPTYSIS
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- STRIDOR
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- WHEEZING
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Stridor
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- COUGH
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Hemoptysis
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Stridor
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Cough
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Wheezing
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
- [ read ]
- Hemoptysis
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Stridor
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Cough
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Hemoptysis
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Stridor
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Wheezing
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Cough, productive
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Hemoptysis
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Stridor
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Wheezing
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Cough, barking
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Hemoptysis
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Stridor
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Cough
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Hemoptysis
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Sore Throat
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Wheezing
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Stridor
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- COUGH
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Misdiagnosis and Wet cough
Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis,
when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection,
such as a common cold....read more »
Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been
immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears
off after about 15 years.
Thus, any teen or adult with a...read more »
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases
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Detailed list of causes of Wet cough
The list below shows some of the causes of Wet cough mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Wet cough?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Wet cough.
Of the 265
causes of Wet cough that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 5
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 12
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 249
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Wet cough
Conditions listing symptoms: Wet cough:
The following list of conditions
have 'Wet cough' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Absence of pulmonary artery
... coughing bloodActinomycetales infection
... coughing up bloodAcute Bronchitis
... productive cough, coughing up pus in sputumAcute elemental mercury inhalation
... bloody sputumAdenocarcinoma of lung
... coughing up bloodAdenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar
... coughing up bloodAdenoid cystic carcinoma
... Hemoptysis.Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
... coughing up brown-flecked masses or mucus plugsAlpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
... coughing bloodAlveolar Hydatid Disease
... coughing bloodAlveolitis, extrinsic allergic
... coughing up blood with prolonged exposureAngiofollicular lymph hyperplasia
... bloody sputumAngiosarcoma
... bloody sputumAnti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated disease
... hemoptysisAsbestosis
... coughing bloodAspergillosis
... coughing up bloodB
Back tumour
... coughing up bloodBenign lung Cancer
... HemoptysisBesnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
... coughing up bloodBlastomycosis
... productive coughBlue and bloated syndrome
... productive coughBronchial adenomata syndrome
... coughing up bloodBronchiectasis
... coughing foul-smelling sputum, coughing blood, coughing green or yellow sputumBronchitis
... productive cough, coughing up pus in sputum, cough with sputumC
Carcinoma of the vocal tract
... coughing bloodChemical poisoning - Amidithion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Amiton
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Athyl-Gusathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinfos-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinfosethyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinophos-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinphos-ethyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinphos-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azinphosmetile
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Azothoate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Benoxafos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Bromophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Bromophos-ethyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Cadusafos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Carbophenothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Chlorfenvinphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Chloropyrifos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Chlorpyrifos methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Cresols
... blood in sputumChemical poisoning - Cresylic acid
... blood in sputumChemical poisoning - Cyanthoate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton-O
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton-O-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton-S-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Demeton-S-methylsulphon
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Dialifos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Diazinon
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Dichlorvos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Dimethoate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Dioxathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Disulfoton
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Endothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Ethion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Ethoate-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Ethoprophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Ethyl-guthion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Etrimfos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Fenchlorphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Fenitrothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Fensulfothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Fenthion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Fonophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Formothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Guthion (ethyl)
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Heptenophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Iodofenphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Malathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Mecarbam
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Methacrifos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Methamidophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Methidathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Metiltriazotion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Mevinphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Monocrotophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Nitric Acid
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Omethoate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Oxydeprofos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Oxydisulfoton
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Parathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Parathion Methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Petroleum Distillates - Naphtha
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Phenkapton
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Phorate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Phosalone
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Phosmet
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Phosphamidon
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Phoxim
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Pirimiphos-methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Primiphos methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Prothidathion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Prothoate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Pyrimitate
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Quinalphos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Quintiofos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Sophamide
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Sulfotep
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Sulfuric Acid
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Terbufos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Thiometon
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Tolclofos methyl
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Toluene Diisocyanate
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Triazophos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Triazotion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Trifenfos
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Vamidothion
... productive coughChemical poisoning - Vanadium
... coughing up bloodChronic berylliosis
... hemoptysisChronic Bronchitis
... productive cough, cough with sputumCiliary dyskinesia-bronchiectasis
... productive coughCommon ventricle
... coughing up bloodCongenital bronchogenic cyst
... coughing up bloodCongenital mitral malformation
... coughing up bloodCongenital mitral stenosis
... coughing up bloodCOPD
... sputumCystic Fibrosis
... chronic cough with thick mucus, thick sticky mucus, productive cough with thick mucus, Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)D
Dextrocardia-bronchiectasis-sinusitis
... productive coughDiffuse panbronchiolitis
... productive coughDirofilaria immitis infection
... coughing up bloodDistomatosis
... blood insputumE
Eisenmenger Syndrome
... coughing up bloodEmphysema
... cough with sputumEpidermoid carcinoma
... coughing bloodEsophageal disorder
... coughing up bloodEsophagus Cancer
... Coughing up bloodEssential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia
... coughing up bloodF
Familial emphysema
... cough with sputumFetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
... hemoptysisFollicular hamartoma - alopecia - cystic fibrosis
... coughing bloodFrancisella tularenis infection
... hemoptysisG
Goodpasture syndrome
... coughing up blood, coughing up blood (hemoptysis)H
Heart failure
... coughing up bloodHemorrhagic thrombocythemia
... coughing up bloodHemosiderosis
... coughing up bloodHerbal Agent adverse reaction - Clove
... coughing up bloodHip cancer
... coughing up bloodI
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
... coughing up bloodL
Large cell carcinoma
... hemoptysisLaryngeal carcinoma
... coughing bloodLegionella adelaidensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella anisa infection
... blood in sputumLegionella beliardensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella birminghamensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella bozemanii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella bruneiensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella brunensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella busanensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella cherrii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella cincinnatiensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella donaldsonii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella donaldsonil infection
... blood in sputumLegionella drancourtii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella drozanskii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella dumofii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella erythra infection
... blood in sputumLegionella fairfieldensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella fallonii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella feelei infection
... blood in sputumLegionella feeleii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella gesstiana infection
... blood in sputumLegionella gormanii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella gratiana infection
... blood in sputumLegionella gresilensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella hackeliae infection
... blood in sputumLegionella impletisoli infection
... blood in sputumLegionella isrealensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella jamestowniensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella jordanis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella lansingensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella londinensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella longbeachae infection
... blood in sputumLegionella lytica infection
... blood in sputumLegionella maceachemii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella maceachernii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella micdadei infection
... blood in sputumLegionella monrovica infection
... blood in sputumLegionella moravica infection
... blood in sputumLegionella nautarum infection
... blood in sputumLegionella oakridgensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella parisiensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella quateirensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella quinlivanii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella rowbothamii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella rubrilucens infection
... blood in sputumLegionella sainthelensi infection
... blood in sputumLegionella santicrucis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella shakespearei infection
... blood in sputumLegionella spiritensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella steigerwaltii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella tauriensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella tusconensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella wadsorthii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella wadsworthii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella waltersii infection
... blood in sputumLegionella worsliensis infection
... blood in sputumLegionella yabuuchiae infection
... blood in sputumLegionnaires' disease
... productive or non-productive coughLemierre's syndrome
... coughing bloodLeukocytoclastic angiitis - systemic
... coughing bloodLinguatula serrata infection
... coughing up bloodLung abscess
... productive cough, coughing pus, coughing bloodLung cancer
... Bloody sputum, coughing up blood, Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)Lung conditions
... coughing up bloodLymphangioleiomyomatosis
... coughing up blood (hemoptysis)Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
... coughing up bloodLymphomatoid Granulomatosis
... coughing up bloodM
Meadows syndrome
... coughing up bloodMediastinal endodermal sinus tumors
... coughing up bloodMelioidosis
... productive cough, hemoptysisMesothelioma
... hemoptysisMesothelioma, adult malignant
... coughing up bloodMesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural
... coughing up bloodMixed type non small cell carcinoma
... hemoptysisMountain sickness
... blood in sputumMucormycosis
... coughing bloodN
Nocardiosis
... coughing up bloodNon-Small Cell Lung Cancer
... hemoptysis, coughing up bloodP
Paragonimiasis
... hemoptysisPleuropulmonary blastoma
... coughing bloodPneumonia
... productive cough, cough with rust-colored sputum, blood in sputum, cough with thick yellow-green mucus, sputumPneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
... productive coughPneumonic plague
... blood in sputum, bright red sputumPsittacosis
... productive cough, cough containing pus, pus in sputumPulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
... productive cough, chunky sputumPulmonary arteriovenous fistula
... coughing up bloodPulmonary arteriovenous malformation
... blood in sputumPulmonary artery, isolated unilateral absence of (Isolated UAPA)
... hemoptysisPulmonary edema
... pink-stained sputum coughPulmonary embolism
... hemoptysisPulmonary embolus
... coughing up blood (haemoptysis)Pulmonary haemosiderosis, primary
... coughing up bloodPulmonary hemangiomatosis
... hemoptysisPulmonary valve stenosis
... cough with pink frothy sputumPulmonary veins stenosis
... coughing up bloodR
Rhodococcus equi
... coughing bloodRib Tumor
... coughing up bloodS
Small Cell Lung Cancer
... coughing up bloodSmall cell lung cancer, adult
... coughing up bloodSmokers cough
... productive coughSporotrichosis - pulmonary
... productive coughStachybotrys chartarum
... coughing up bloodT
Torulopsis
... coughing up bloodToxic epidermal necrolysis
... blood in sputumTracheal cancer
... Coughing up bloodTracheobronchopathia osteoplastica
... hemoptysisTuberculosis
... coughing up bloody sputumTuberculosis, pulmonary
... coughing up bloodV
Vasculitis hypersensitivity
... coughing bloodW
Wegener's granulomatosis
... coughing up blood, hemoptysis (coughing up blood)Z
Zygomycosis
... coughing blood
Conditions listing complications: Wet cough:
The following list of conditions
have 'Wet cough' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
B
Benign lung Cancer
... HemoptysisC
Cystic Fibrosis
... hemoptysis (coughing blood)G
Goodpasture syndrome
... HemoptysisO
Osler's disease
... coughing up bloodP
Pulmonary artery agenesis
... coughing up blood
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Causes of Wet cough Based on Risk Factors
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Classifications of Wet cough:
Subtypes of Wet cough:
Coughing blood (91 causes), Sputum symptoms (244 causes), Productive cough (98 causes), Increased chest phlegm, Hemoptysis (91 causes), Bloody sputum (143 causes), Sputum (3 causes), Spitting blood (91 causes), Blood-stained phlegm
Medical Conditions associated with Wet cough:
Respiratory symptoms (3282 causes), Lung symptoms (1477 causes), Cough (1217 causes), Sputum symptoms (244 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes)
Symptoms related to Wet cough:
Cough (1217 causes), Persistent cough (72 causes), Dry cough (175 causes), Coughing blood (91 causes), Mild cough (6 causes), Coughing spasms (13 causes), Night cough (2 causes), Severe cough (72 causes), Chronic cough (72 causes), Persistent cough (72 causes), Common cold (719 causes), Upper respiratory tract infection (1 cause), Pneumonia (69 causes), Chest infection, Bronchitis (84 causes), Acute bronchitis, Chronic bronchitis (9 causes), Emphysema, Bronchiectasis, Tuberculosis
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