what is the relation between acute bronchitis and smoking?

Question

What increases my risk for acute bronchitis besides smoking?

Answer 1

Smoking aggrevation: Acute bronchitis usually means you have an acute infection, but is certainly being aggregated by smoking.

Answer 2

Yes: From second hand smoking, from unrecognized asthma, from other environmental exposure.

Answer 3

Yes: Yes u can if u r exposed to second hand smoke or if u have a chronic lung condition.

Answer 4

Type of obstruction: Chronic bronchitis is a type of obstructive lung disease. It is characterized by cough and sputum production for approximately 100 days out of the year (not necessarily consecutive days). Usually the patient has shortness of breath and purulent secretions.

Answer 5

COPD...: Chronic bronchitis is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There is no cure but treatments are available to control symptoms. It is usually due to smoking so smoking cessation is also necessary. Your doctor can help with all of this. Good luck!

Answer 6

Don't smoke. Allergy: Do not smoke if you have been. Make sure allergies are not a confounding issue. You probably should have pulmonary function tests, pre/post bronchodilator. See your pcp!

Answer 7

Treatment...: Chronic bronchitis is a form of copd. If you are still smoking, you need to quit. Treatment includes bronchodilator and steroid inhalers as well as oxygen therapy, if your oxygen level is low. You need to see your doctor for treatment as other treatment depends on your symptoms. There is no cure and it is a slowly progressive disease so see your doctor.

Answer 8

Probable asthma: Allergic bronchitis is an antiquated term. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes and allergic indicates an allergic reaction is causing the inflammation. Bronchial inflammation causes hyper-reactivity, meaning that the bronchial tubes react to smaller amounts of irritation than normals by narrowing (chest tightness, wheezing), coughing and making more mucus, i.e., asthma.

Answer 9

Asthma: Allergic bronchitis is a term which is not commonly used today, but in the past many people with asthma were labelled as having "allergic bronchitis.".

Answer 10

COPD...: Chronic bronchitis is a form of copd. Treatment usually consists of bronchodilator inhalers as well as steroid inhalers. Supplemental oxygen therapy is used if the oxygen level is low enough to warrant it. Other treatments depend on symptoms present. Smoking cessation is necessary. There is no cure but treatment can control symptoms. Pulmonary rehab may be prescribed by your doctor as well.

Answer 11

Quit smoking: If you are smoking you should quit. The treatment depends on what kind of symptoms you have-- for wheezing beta agonists, for cough suppressants, fever antibiotics, for excessive mucus mucolytics etc.

Answer 12

Cold virus: Since bronchitis is usually caused by a cold virus, you might transmit the cold to someone else. That person may then get a cold, with or without bronchitis.

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