ACUTE BRONCHITIS By: Anna Nguyen

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What is bronchitis?Bronchitis is when tubes that carry air to lungs (bronchial tubes) are inflamed and irritated. It produces mucus.

What is ACUTE bronchitis?There are 2 types of bronchitis:acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial tubes and when they are inflamed, they produce mucus. The difference between chronic and acute is chronic lasts longer.

AcuteBronchitis

bronchial tubes areinflamed

mucus production increases

Main information

Both children and adults can get this. Whether youre a child or adult, it lasts about 2-4 weeks and comes quickly. If youre healthy, it gets better fast with no problems. This is usually caused by a virus or after having the flu. It could also, but rarely, come from bacteria. Afterwards, you would have a dry cough that would last several more weeks.

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AFTER

What are the symptoms?

chest discomfort cough that produces mucus(clear or yellow-

green) fever (but now shown present) shortness of breath (cough gets worse with

activity) if you have asthma, theres also wheezing

How can you make sure whether you have it or not?

There are 2 tests you can take: 1. chest x-ray (if your healthcare provider suspects that you might also have pneumonia)

2. pulse oximetry: a machine that indicates your pulse and oxygen and seeing if its abnormal. This goes at the end of your finger.

Treatment

drink lots of fluids rest use a humidifier or some way to get steam DONT smoke avoid secondhand smoke or any pollution wash your hands often to avoid viruses and

infections

More treatment

These are 3 treatments that you can have if your bronchitis gets worse: cough medicine take Aspirin or Tylenol if the fever gets bad an inhaler to breathe easier and cough less steroids to help open the air passages to

open (to breathe easier)

What is this similar to and why?Acute bronchitis is similar to pneumonia because they have most of the same symptoms, but the ones that are different arent that noticeable.

Difference between acute bronchitis and pneumonia ACUTE BRONCHITIS coughs are dry at first after a few days, mucus from

the lungs come out(can be clear, yellow, green, and might have a little blood)

fever is present goes away in 2-3 weeks

PNEUMONIA coughs bring mucus from the lungs

right away (may be rusty or green and might have a little blood)

fever is shown and will be nearly 101 degrees fahrenheit

heart rate is faster than 100 beats per minute (bpm)

breathing is faster than 24 breaths p/m

lasts longer than 2-3 weeks

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