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Will my bronchitis turn into pneumonia? please help me docs!
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Not necessarily: Most bronchitis is viral and self limited. It is possible of course for this to spread to a pneumonia and would depend on other co-morbidities, course of bronchitis, etc.
Answered 5/10/2014
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