I have acute bronquitis , what's difference with regular and is it close to pneumonia?

Acute vs chronic : Acute bronchitis simply means you are sick now and it should be a short term illness. Chronic bronchitis is a lifelong illness that involves recurrent bouts of bronchitis - 3 a year for at least 2 years. Bronchitis itself is a presumed infection that results in irritation of the large parts of your airway but not the lung tissue itself. Bronchitis usually does not progress to pneumonia, but can.

Most viral: The majority of bronchitic infections are caused by viruses and resolve without treatment. If your symptoms persist or worsen, please have your physician consider a work up for pneumonia or bacterial bronchitis.