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What is the difference in symptoms between asthma and chronic bronchitis?
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See below: Asthma is loud wheezing and difficulty with breathing.. Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial tubes. There is a certain amount of overlap.
Answered 6/26/2012
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Difference...: Asthma is characterized by acute, recurrent episodes of reversible bronchospasm and airway inflammation whereas in chronic bronchitis, the airway obstruction is chronic and not fully reversible.
Answered 1/3/2017
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