Wheezing sound file

Crackles are also known as alveolar rales and are the sounds heard in a lung field that has fluid in the small airways. The sound crackles create are fine, short, high-pitched, intermittently crackling sounds.

The cause of crackles can be from air passing through fluid, pus or mucus. It is commonly heard in the bases of the lung lobes during inspiration.

The sound quality of fine crackles is similar to the sound of hair rubbed between your fingers near the ear and may be heard in congestive heart failure and pulmonary fibrosis. Coarse crackles are lower-pitched and moist-sounding, like pouring water out of a bottle or ripping open velcro. This lung sound is often a sign of adult respiratory distress syndrome ARDS , early congestive heart failure, asthma and pulmonary oedema.

Stridor is a continuous, high-pitched, crowing sound heard predominantly on inspiration, over the upper airway. Stridor may be a sign of a life-threatening condition and should be treated as an emergency situation. It usually indicates the partial obstruction of the larger airways, such as the trachea or a main bronchus, and requires immediate attention. It is also the most common type of breath sound heard in children with croup, though it is important to differentiate between croup and a foreign body airway obstruction.

A pleural friction rub is caused by the inflammation of the visceral and parietal pleurae. We then compare common high-pitched wheezes to rhonchi lower pitched wheezes using audio recordings and text.

Finally, we provide links to the wheeze lung sound training lessons available on this website. Our wheezing lesson can be found in this course.

Secondly, our reference index is designed to provide quick access to stridor sounds, with audio tracks, listening guides and waveforms. Use this link for quick reference to heart and lung sounds. Wheeze is a sign of breathing problems. Wheeze sounds are most often apparent during exhaling a breath. They may also be sometimes heard when the patient inhales.

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