Bronchitis

Bronchitis
is an inflammation of the bronchi (airways into the lungs). The disease is usually mild and will eventually recover completely. Bronchitis usually occurs because of an infection such as strep throat, measles, and whooping cough. The disease is caused by viruses and bacteria.
Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi, which is the tube that carries oxygen to the lungs and removing carbon dioxide as the rest of the oxidation. Bronchitis can be acute or chronic.
In general, acute bronchitis is often caused by colds or other respiratory tract infections. While chronic bronchitis is more severe condition, which is an irritation or inflammation of the bronchi. Smoking is one of the main causes.Acute bronchitis usually improves within a few days although the effect is still visible, marked with a cough for several weeks. But if after that you again have bronchitis, it means you suffer from chronic bronchitis and you certainly need medical care. Chronic bronchitis is one of the conditions included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). and focused treatment to relieve symptoms of bronchitis and respiratory sufferers relaunch.
Recurrent bronchitis attacks can occur in smokers and people with lung disease and chronic respiratory tract. Recurrent infections can result from chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, allergic, and enlarged tonsils in children.
There are two types of bronchitis, the acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is characterized by yellowish productive cough and fever. Acute bronchitis is usually also on other parts of the lung.While chronic bronchitis is characterized by long cough, phlegm much, and mainly occur during sleep or in the morning. The disease is usually preceded by upper respiratory tract infections.There is also another type of bronchitis, the bronchitis can be caused by various kinds of irritating dust, fumes from strong acids, ammonia, some organic solvents, chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide is commonly terapat on forest fire smoke. These diseases also result from air pollution and tobacco and cigarettes.
Symptoms of bronchitis in the beginning was to cough without phlegm that would turn into phlegm within a few days later. Coughing up phlegm is white initially and may turn yellow to greenish sometimes accompanied by fever when caused by bacteria.
The diagnosis is made in addition to views of the symptoms, as well as through physical examination, chest X-rays for, generally within normal limits or there is a picture of increasing corakan bronkovaskular. Treatment is with antibiotics and other symptomatic drugs.Meanwhile, when caused by a virus, the disease will cure itself when a lot of rest and eat a bergizi.Untuk smokers advised to quit smoking because tobacco smoke can be a trigger for an attack of bronchitis.
Bronchitis is different from Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease is chronic and infectious disease with symptoms of cough for more than 2 weeks is not very high fever, night sweats and weight loss there.Diagnosis of tuberculosis is established through sputum examination by the discovery of TB germs or chest X-rays. TB treatment is also different with bronchitis because it takes a longer time is 6 months.