COUGH:
PDFCE
Pollution, Pollen, Posture
Drugs, Diurnal, Dry air
Food
Cold weather, Common cold
Exercise
SPUTUM
"DRIVE DUST"
D – Dust exposure
R – Respiratory infections
I – Irritants (e.g., smoke, fumes)
V – Viral infections
E – Exercise or exertion
D – Dry air
U – Upper respiratory tract conditions (e.g., postnasal drip)
S – Smoking
T – Temperature changes (cold air or sudden temperature drops)
Breathlessness:
"BREATHE HARD"
B – Body position (e.g., lying flat in orthopnea)
R – Respiratory infections
E – Exercise or exertion
A – Anxiety or emotional stress
T – Temperature extremes (cold or heat)
H – Hypoxia or high altitude
E – Environmental triggers (allergens, pollutants)
H – Heart failure or fluid overload
A – Anemia
R – Reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
D – Drugs (e.g., beta-blockers,
WHEEZE:
“BREATHE WHEEZE”
B – Bronchial irritants (smoke, pollution)
R – Respiratory infections (viral or bacterial)
E – Exercise
A – Allergens (pollen, dust mites, animal dander)
T – Temperature changes (cold air)
H – Hormonal changes (pregnancy, menstruation)
E – Emotions (stress, anxiety)
W – Workplace irritants (occupational exposures)
H – Household triggers (perfumes, cleaning agents)
E – Environmental changes (high altitude)
E – Exposure to drugs (NSAIDs, beta-blockers)
Z – Zzz… sleep (nocturnal asthma triggers)
E – Eating (GERD-induced wheeze)
CHEST PAIN:
“CHEST PAINS”
C – Coughing or deep breathing (pleuritic pain)
H – Heat or cold exposure (vasospastic angina)
E – Emotion or stress (psychogenic pain, angina)
S – Swallowing (esophageal causes like GERD or spasm)
T – Trauma or movement (musculoskeletal pain, costochondritis)
P – Physical exertion (angina, cardiac ischemia)
A – Alcohol or large meals (GERD or esophageal spasm)
I – Infections (pleuritis, pericarditis, pneumonia)
N – Nighttime (GERD-related pain due to supine position)
S – Specific postures (pericarditis, GERD, musculoskeletal pain)
HEMOPTYSIS:
“COUGH BLOOD”
C – Coughing (increases airway pressure, ruptures small vessels)
O – Overexertion (exacerbates vascular stress)
U – Upper respiratory tract infections
G – GERD or vomiting (irritation of airways)
H – High altitude (pulmonary hypertension)
B – Bronchial infections (bronchitis, bronchiectasis)
L – Lung malignancy (coughing or irritation)
O – Operations (post-procedural bleeding, e.g., bronchoscopy)
O – Oral anticoagulants (worsen bleeding)
D – Deep breaths or physical strain (ruptures fragile capillaries)
