What are the symptoms of acute bronchitis?
The symptoms of acute bronchitis can include:
- Sore throat
- Fever
- A cough that may bring up yellow or green mucus
- Chest congestion
- Shortness of breath
- Wheezing
- Chills
- Body aches
Treatment: Usually acute bronchitis will go away on its own but it's good to drink lots of fluids. Ibuprofen can be helpful for the swelling and fever, and heightening the humidity of the room you sleep in helps too. For the most part your immune system is strong enough to handle the disease.
Gross Facts: Bronchitis is usually the reason people have that rumbling cough. also causes that yellowish green flegm in the back of your throat you cough up.
Sources:http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/infections/common/mulitsource/677.html
http://www.medicinenet.com/bronchitis/article.htm
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Acute bronchitis is the inflammation of mucous membranes of the bronchial tubes.It may also be caused by physical or chemical agents - dusts, allergens, strong fumes, and those from chemical cleaning compounds, or tobacco smoke.In children, the most common cause of bronchitis is a virus.
Acute bronchitis disrupts homeostasis
because it makes breathing difficult
which then allows less oxygen into
the blood to transfer to muscles. This could also make some fell tired and short of breath.
Acute Bronchitis would suck. Breathing would become extremely dificult and the affected person would tire easily
I just had bronchitis a couple of weeks ago. Before going to the doctor's I had a fever and felt extremely tired and achy. It was very difficult to breathe and my lungs and back still hurt form coughing so hard!
I have chronic bronchitis and it is no fun. Usually get it once a year for a couple of months but I got it twice last year. Breathing is a pain (no pun intended) and the amount of mucus that is excreted from coughing is just nasty.
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