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Asthma patient with bronchitis symptoms. is bronchitis contagious, and would you assume it best for me to stay home from school?
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Depends: Assuming that your asthma is under control but you still cough, then the cause for the bronchitis is likely from a viral or bacterial infection. Bacterial infection is usually not contagious unless you have whooping cough. Viral infection often does however since a cough often travels from 0 to 60 faster than your souped-up mustang.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Maybe & stay home.: Asthma is recurrent bronchitis.You get flareups because your breathing tubes are inflamed & vulnerable. Some episodes are triggered by infectious agents. In adults. Most are not. So you could be contagious. Best reason to stay home is for yourself. Rest & taking your medications as prescribed will enable you to recover sooner. Do your homework between naps.
Answered 8/25/2013
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