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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Respiratory tract Respiratory tract

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Nasal discharge/
sneezing Coughing

Nasal discharge with
Epistaxis
no or little blood
Intrathoracic Cardiogenic Respiratory tract problems
processes

– Chronic rhinitis
– Neoplasia
Systemic cause Local cause – FURTD
– Foreign body
– Tooth abscess – Pleural effusion – Enlarged left heart
– Aspergillosis – Pneumothorax (dog)
– Neoplasia – Dirofilariosis Lower Upper
– Neoplasia (thoracic wall, – Cardiogenic respiratory tract respiratory tract
– Aspergillosis mediastinum) pulmonary oedema
â Coagulopathy Hypertension – Trauma – Diaphragmatic
pp. 18–19
– Foreign body hernia
– Chronic rhinitis

– Infection (viral, – Laryngitis/tracheitis
bacterial, parasitic, (e.g. CIRD)
mycotic) – Foreign body
– Eosinophilic broncho- – Neoplasia
pneumopathy (dog) – Tracheal collapse
– Asthma (cat)
– Chronic bronchitis
– Trauma
– Haemorrhage
– Neoplasia
– Fibrosis
– Pulmonary oedema
– Pulmonary
thromboembolism

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