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Is it possible to die from bronchitis only days after being diagnosed?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Several possible: ways. If the lungs have little reserve to spare (old age, lung damage, asthma, copd, etc) then, any additional burden on them can often be fatal. Then, sometimes pneumonias rapidly progress (wow, same day as the Muppet TV show!....Jim Henson died from this).

Answered 11/28/2017

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Can u die from brochitus?

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