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Cold Bronchitis: Bronchitis- Acute Bronchitis
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[size=4][b]Cold Bronchitis - Bronchitis- Acute Bronchitis[/b][/size][hr]Has it ever happened to you to believe that just when you were about to recover from a cold or even the flu an annoying cough and some pain in your chest start to develop? You might be inclined to believe that the cold has come back again and it was not really over. Well, that is not the problem. What you might feel is only the beginning of acute bronchitis. With bronchitis, chills and a mild fever will also appear.

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[size=large][b]Bronchitis is Usually the Result of a Cold[/b][/size][hr]This happens because the same virus that causes the flu, also causes bronchitis. Furthermore, almost any infection in the respiratory system leads to bronchitis. This condition, bronchitis can be of two types: acute bronchitis or chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis is a milder illness that affects the inner portion of the bronchial tubes. As a result of bronchitis, these airways become inlamated or even infected. People suffer from a cold very often, but not so after do they develop bronchitis afterwards. However, almost everyone has had bronchitis once in his/ her life. Acute bronchitis is a very mild illness that usually pases on it' s own. The majority of bronchitis cases last about one week. Acute bronchitis also does not leave effects. However, the cough, which is the trade mark of bronchitis may last a few weeks longer, after your bronchitis has healed. Br careful, though, because if you have bronchitis, even acute bronchitis, quite often, this may lead to We have not included any imaginary or false information on Bronchitis Acute here. Everything here is true and up to the mark!

[size=large][b]Other Serious Problems[/b][/size][hr]Chronic bronchitis or asthma may be the follow- ups of acute bronchitis. The symptoms of acute bronchitis are similar to those of the cold. The first bronchitis sign that one will surely have is coughing. If the cough also brings mucus, green or yellow, that there is no doubt that you have acute bronchitis. The mucus that you coygh when you have bronchitis does not come from the stomach, but it is produced by the airways. In normal health conditions, your airways produce mucus, but it does not come up because they are always swallows with the saliva. When you have bronchitis, the airways are inflamed and thus, the mucus accumulates. Furthermore, in bronchitis cases your body also produces more mucus. When you cough, the primary bronchitis symptom, the mucus comes up. If it is also other color but white, besides bronchitis, you might have another infection. However, not in all bronchitis cases, sputum is produced.

[size=large][b]What Does COPD Mean?[/b][/size][hr]COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It encompasses two types of disease processes namely chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Quite often, people who suffer from COPD show a combination of features of both disease processes. In lay person's term, COPD means persistent lung disease with features of airway narrowing. To be more specific, bronchitis means inflammation of the bronchi or the larger airways of the lungs whereas emphysema means destruction to the smaller airways and alveoli or airsacs of the lungs. Thus COPD is commonly used to describe chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both.

[size=large][b]What Tests are Needed to Diagnose COPD?[/b][/size][hr]A test called spirometry is often performed to diagnose COPD. Bronchodilators (drugs that cause the airway to dilate) are usually added to confirm the diagnosis. If the test result does not show improvement with bronchodilators, then COPD is very likely. We needed lots of concentration while writing on Bronchitis as the matter we had collected was very specific and important. Big Grin.

[size=large][b]COPD a Common Condition?[/b][/size][hr]It is one of the commonest conditions that require hospital admission during period of flare-ups. According to one epidemiology study in the US, approximately eight million people have chronic bronchitis whereas 2 million people have emphysema. As we can see, chronic bronchitis is more common than emphysema. Slang is one thing that has not been included in this composition on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema. It is because slang only induces bad English, and loses the value of English.

[size=large][b]What are the Symptoms of COPD?[/b][/size][hr]The two main symptoms are cough and breathlessness. COPD sufferers commonly complain about breathlessness and cough that develop gradually over a long period of time. The cough that COPD sufferer gets are usually productive which means they commonly cough up phlegm. The cough usually comes and goes initially but tends to become persistent as time passes. Breathlessness is usually intermittent and only occurs with exertion in the beginning, however if you continue to smoke, the breathlessness persists even when you are at rest, this can be quite distressing! Other symptoms are chronic sputum production, where you constantly cough up phlegm all day and recurrent chest infection. People with COPD are more prone to chest infection for obvious reasons, as the lining in the lung looses its normal defense mechanism against intruding bugs. The magnitude of information available on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema can be found out by reading the following matter on Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema. We ourselves were surprised at the amount!

COPD sounds like asthma, are they any different? Yes. Both COPD and asthma cause similar symptoms, however, they are different in certain ways. COPD causes permanent damage to the airways. The obstruction is 'fixed', hence it is irreversible in general terms. However, airway narrowing in asthma is intermittent and reverses quite easily with medication. Having said that, both COPD and asthma is common, people who suffer COPD can have an asthmatic component and vice versa. Writing this composition on Bronchitis Emphysema was a significant contribution of ours in the world of literature. Make this contribution worthwhile by using it.

[size=large][b]What are the Causes of COPD?[/b][/size][hr]Smoking. Smoking is the number 1 cause of COPD. More than 90 percent of COPDs are caused by smoking, cigarette or otherwise. About 30 percent of long term smokers will eventually show symptoms of COPD of varying degrees. Other causes include air pollution and inherited enzyme deficiency namely alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Maintaining the value of Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema was the main reason for writing this article. Only in this way will the future know more about Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema.

[size=large][b]How Does Smoking Cause COPD?[/b][/size][hr]Smoking inadvertently damages the lining of the airways. As with any other part of the body in response to injury, inflammation occurs. Inflammation stimulates the damaged lining to secrete mucus in an abnormal amount and also causes the airway to constrict (narrow).

[list][*]Spite of the lack of utility, most physicians recommend antibiotics to patients showing symptoms of bronchitis.[*]Recent studies about the treatment of bronchitis have denied positive effects of ant biotherapy.[*]According to clinical studies, about 70-80% of the patients with bronchitis are prescribed antibiotic cures lasting 5-10 days.[/list]

The third but most important reason to decrease ant biotherapy in bronchitis is the genetic structure of bacteria, capable to develop resistance to antibiotics. In consequence, new strains of bacterial agents appear and cannot be treated by standard medication anymore.

Spite of all the arguments, doctors still prescribe antibiotics because it takes them less time to write a prescription than to explain the patient why he doesn't need such treatment. People are also used to the idea of taking antibiotics when they are sick and demand this treatment.

Every year one in twenty Americans gets bronchitis and is prescribed antibiotics. The general cost of medical care is therefore immense. Another huge argument against random prescription of antibiotics is the fact that all without exception have side-effects like diarrhea, abdominal pain or rash. The side-effects are acceptable only when the antibiotics are an absolute necessity and have useful effects. Patience was exercised in this article on Bronchitis Caused. Without patience, it would not have been possible to write extensively on Bronchitis Caused.

[list][*]Although it can give major complications if overlooked, bronchitis is newly an ignored disease at scientifically meetings of physicians.[*]Doctors don't take it serious as they should as it has become a very common condition with approximately low risks.[*]We have actually followed a certain pattern while writing on Bronchitis Antibiotics.[*]We have used simple words and sentences to facilitate easy understanding for the reader.[*]The reason for this useless administration of antibiotics is the incapacity of the physician to indicate a proper medication for bronchitis.[*]This is due to the fact that most cases of acute bronchitis are caused by agents for which an appropriate treatment hasn't yet been detected.[*]Most bronchitis cases are given by to us by little known viruses.[*]Very few cases are due to bacteria that can be successfully treated with antibiotics.[*]Penetration into the world of Bronchitis Treatment proved to be our idea in this article.[*]Read the article and see if we have succeeded in this or not![/list]

Because bronchitis is mainly caused by viruses, antibiotics aren't at all helpful. Best ways to deal with acute cases are resting longer, drinking sufficient fluids to keep the body's hydration and maintaining the organism's humidity at a high level. Patience is an important factor, as the patient must understand to wait for a few days until bronchitis goes away. If after less than two weeks symptoms persist, you must consult a doctor as you could deal with a more dangerous condition like pneumonia or asthmatically bronchitis.
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