Question 1

what causes bronchitis ?

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Inflammation: Whether infectious or environmental factors, bronchitis is caused by acute inflammation of the airways that deliver air to your lungs.

Question 2

what causes bronchitis and black spots in mucus?

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Black material: May be old, deoxygenated blood.

Question 3

what can cause  bronchitis?

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Causes...: Acute bronchitis is usually due to either a bacterial or viral infection. Chronic bronchitis, a form of copd, is usually due to smoking.

Question 4

what causes chronic bronchitis?

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Smoking...: Chronic bronchitis is a form of COPD usually caused by smoking. Smoking cessation is an important part of disease prevention as well as treatment.

Question 5

what causes acute bronchitis to develop?

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Infection...: Acute bronchitis is caused by an infection of the airways; usually bacterial or viral etiology.

Question 6

what can cause chronic bronchitis with normal lung function test and no relation to allergy or infectious disease?

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Tobacco: Tobacco smoking by far is the most common cause in the absence of allergy or infection. Air pollution is also a strong suspect although the link is not as well proven as with tobacco.

Question 7

what can cause chronic bronchitis with normal lung function test, no relation to allergy, infectious disease, tobacco and other chemical irritants?

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50% of us: have asthma that does not make us go to the doctor on a given year. Mostly, I think this is mis-diagnosis of not asthma, but actually inflammation due to a viral illness which varies from days to over a month. Asthma meds (especially monteleukast) fix it.

Question 8

what are the causes of bronchitis and laryngitis?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria, viruses: Both virus and bacteria , sometimes fungus can affect medium size wind pipes and cause inflamatory swelling....Narrowing and wheezing.

Question 9

what is the cause of bronchitis in nursing homes?

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Possibilities...: There are 2types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Chronic bronchitis, a form of copd, is usually caused by smoking. Acute bronchitis is due to an infection of the airways and can be either bacterial or viral. These infections are spread via droplet inhalation. So, nursing home patients can get these infections from breathing in droplets that are in the air. Frequent hand washing can help.

Question 10

sharp stabbing chest pain when i cough after having bronchitis- what causes this? it feels like a knife

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Inflammation: The tissues lining the bronchi (tubes leading from the trachea into the lung in smaller and smaller radicals) are grossly inflamed by the infection, or if caused by toxic materials by them, and pain is one of the cardinal signs of inflammation. When you cough you place pressure on inflamed tissues and therefore ......................... OK?

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