How To Spot Brucellosis

Coughing

Coughing can be a symptom of brucellosis caused by respiratory involvement or due to inflammation of tissues close to the patient's lungs or diaphragm. Although brucellosis can be spread through inhalation, the involvement of an individual's respiratory system is rare. The most common manifestations that occur in the respiratory tract of a brucellosis patient known to produce coughing include lung abscess, pleural effusion, solitary nodules, paratracheal lymphadenopathy, bronchopneumonia, empyema, granulomas, and hilar lymphadenopathy. Other mechanisms that can cause a cough to develop due to brucellosis are usually associated with the pressure swollen and inflamed upper abdominal organs place on the diaphragm and lungs. A cough also has the potential to develop in an individual who has brucellosis-precipitated endocarditis that has resulted in reduced heart function.

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