#rales

Medical #lingo.
Since med school, I’ve struggled w/ symptom descriptors of ‘noisy breathing’, often broadly called #rales and #rhonchi.
These are terms d’art that actually make important distinctions in what one hears, and how to think of underlying disease. #graphicmedicine

#ColdSeason lingo: #rales are the crackles of little airways snapping open; #rhonchi are the snorey sounds of #mucus in the #lungs. The music of the #infected lower airway! #pedsky #graphicmedicine

Medical #lingo.
Since med school, I’ve struggled w/ symptom descriptors of ‘noisy breathing’, often broadly called #rales and #rhonchi.
These are terms d’art that actually make important distinctions in what one hears, and how to think of underlying disease. #graphicmedicine #medsky