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