Acute Bronchitis - What You Mean There Are Two Types of Bronchitis

Acute Bronchitis - What You Mean There Are Two Types of Bronchitis?

Acute bronchitis is typically identified with flu like symptoms and a short-term induration. Chronic bronchitis on the other hand, is an ongoing condition that can last for months or years.

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without the worry of Asthma Attacks

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For just a minute think how great it would be without the Risk or Worry of :

Increased shortness of breath
Wheezing
Disturbed sleep caused coughing
Chest tightness or pain Increased need to use bronchodilators
A fall in peak flow rates

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While most of us non professional medical types are doing good to recognize basic symptomatic conditions, pulmonary specialists need to be much more detailed and their understanding and diagnosis of various illnesses and diseases. This is the only way that an treatments for acute bronchitis and other illnesses can be accurately prescribed.

Take for example the issue of antibiotics. Acute bronchitis is an infection that constricts the breathing passageways. It can be causes by either a bacteria or be viral in nature. In one case, antibiotics treatment regimen can help shorten the duration one is sick. In the other, antibiotics will do absolutely no good. This is one reason why it's important to visit the doctor when you suspect bronchitis if only to begin an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. Without medical tests, there's no way a layperson such as you or I can determine if antibiotics are necessary. By the way, giving antibiotics when they aren't necessary can actually do more harm than good especially in children.

Acute bronchitis can be identified by a persistent bronchial cough and wheezing. Wheezing is a sound you can hear by listening carefully to someone breathing whose bronchial tubes are constricted.

The coughing is caused by a major increase in yellow or green mucus. Although the pulmonary system creates mucus naturally, when infected, the amount of mucus greatly increases.

Other symptomatic conditions of acute bronchitis include a low-grade fever, difficulty in breathing along with chest tightness or constriction.

Depending on the severity of the bronchitis, elevating your head can help control the cough reflex. A common home remedy for coughing is hot tea with honey. A vaporizer with medicated aroma can also relief some acute bronchitis symptoms. Children with bronchitis seem to breathe easier when a vaporizer is in use

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Ipatropium bromide -- Sold under the Atrovent name, it is a longer-acting, short-term bronchodilator than the more commonly used albuterol. Ipatropium bromide is not as fact-acting, however, and is generally not used in back-to-back treatments the way albuterol can be. A common use (especially in an hospital or ER/critical care setting)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Also referred to as GERD or reflux. See the entry under reflux for more information about its causal effect on asthma symptoms. More links on GERD in children.

Peak Flow Meter/Monitor -- A device used to measure lung capacity, known as Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF). The patient exhales forcefully into a mouthpiece and the force of the exhalation triggers a measurement device to register a numeric value. Typically, an Asthma Management Program will specify appropriate steps/medications to adminster dependent on the patient's peak flow capacity.