Serious Symptoms Of Pulmonary Artery Sling

Wheezing

Wheezing is a high-pitched noise produced when an individual exhales and inhales. Some individuals have described the sound of wheezing as a whistling or purring noise. Wheezing is best heard by others when the affected individual is exhaling air from their lungs. This sound is produced when air is irregularly moving through the airways due to structural alterations in one or both of the larger airways that feed the lungs. The types of alterations known to produce wheezing sounds are a partial airway obstruction or narrowing of multiple larger airways in the lungs. Pulmonary artery sling patients may experience compressed airways due to the awkward and abnormal position of their pulmonary arteries. Wheezing may be an intermittent occurrence because the airway narrowing is caused by the pressure blood vessels place on the airways. The intermittent nature of wheezing can be attributed to the pressure fluctuations on the airways that occur when the offending blood vessels expand and contract to maintain blood pressure.

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