What Causes Wheezing. Wheezing is whistling sound thatâs produced when you breathe and usually indicates respiratory problems. Medical conditions like asthma, cardiac asthma, bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease can cause it. So can a foreign object stuck in your airways and reactions to medications or insect bites.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of traumatic is something that is extremely upsetting or something that causes great harm or damage to the mind or body. 1  Getting into a serious accident that gives you PTSD is an example of a traumatic event.
Definition of Shock. â¢In 1852, shock was defined as âa rude unhinging. of the machinery of life.â Probably no better. definition exists to describe the devastating. effects of this process on a patient, but a more. recent definition calls shock âthe collapse and. progressive failure of the cardiovascular system.â. â¢Shock left untreated may be fatal.