| In the winter time, the most common disease | | | | with bronchitis, but a mild one. These are |
| that one can develop is bronchitis. This is | | | | the bronchitis symptoms for a few days. When |
| the result of an infection with a virus, most | | | | cough appears, that is a sure sigh of acute |
| of the times. There is always the possibility | | | | bronchitis. When a person suffers from |
| that symptoms of bronchitis carry out for | | | | bronchitis caused by a virus, this cough can |
| some time even after bronchitis has been | | | | also be accompanied by mucus. The color of |
| cured. Another reason someone may get | | | | the mucus can also tell if besides the virus, |
| bronchitis is because of bacteria. This is | | | | bronchitis has also been complicated by a |
| less common, but it is almost in all cases a | | | | bacterial infection. Although in acute |
| result of an upper infection in your | | | | bronchitis fever is not very high, whenthe |
| respiratory system. A person can also suffer | | | | case of bronchitis is getting severe, you |
| from bronchitis, but not caused by a virus or | | | | might have a high fever, even if you are take |
| bacteria, but a case of bronchitis that is a | | | | antibiotics. Cough, which is the trade mark |
| combination of the both. | | | | of bronchitis, is the last symptom of this |
| | | | disease, bronchitis, that goes away. |
| If you are a smoke or have any problems with | | | | |
| your lungs, bronchitis can be a lot more | | | | Bronchitis can also have complications. The |
| trouble to you than you think. These people | | | | most common bronchitis complication is |
| may have more than one attacks of bronchitis. | | | | pneumonia. You can also develop an acute |
| Another health problem that increases the | | | | respiratory failure as a complication of |
| risk of bronchitis is malnutrition. This | | | | bronchitis. This usually happens to people |
| usually happens in small children or older | | | | that besides bronchitis, suffer from lung |
| people. Allergies are also a friend of acute | | | | problems. |
| bronchitis. Some children may also have | | | | |
| enlarged tonsils of suffer from sinus | | | | To diagnose bronchitis, the doctor must take |
| infections may also have more bronchitis | | | | into consideration all the bronchitis |
| episodes. | | | | symptoms and also has to rule out pneumonia. |
| | | | To get a better diagnosis, the doctor might |
| It is not very hard to distinguished the | | | | analyze the sputum to proper diagnose |
| bronchitis symptoms. In the beginnings of | | | | bronchitis. Chest x-rays are also taken to |
| bronchitis, the symptoms are similar to those | | | | see if the patient suffers or not from |
| of a cold: sore throat, a runny nose and | | | | bronchitis. |
| muscles ache. Fever can also be associated | | | | |