How Much Do You Know About Bronchitis? |
| Date Added: August 03, 2009 05:08:23 AM |
| Author: Hans |
| Category: Health: Health Care |
| BRONCHITIS is an acute respiratory disease. It is an inflammation of bronchial tubes, or air passages, accompanied by cough, hacking cough, wheeze & sputum.There are 2 main types of bronchitis: ACUTE and CHRONIC. Acute bronchitis is a common illness that commonly protracts for a short period of time & is induced by flu, the common cold, or an infection. Therefore, this type of bronchitis is extremely contagious & is inherited via cough, sneeze & merely by touching objects which have been touched by a sufferer from bronchitis. The other type of the disease is chronic bronchitis. Unlike acute bronchitis, it protracts for a longer period of time. Its conditions are similar to those of acute bronchitic: cough & wheeze. Yet, its causes differ. Chronic bronchitis is normally induced by smoking, second hand smoke, a virus etc. By and large, it is not infectious. But it does not mean that the disease is less acute.Despite the different causes, the 2 types have much in common. Both of them are not susceptible to antibiotics. The matter is that bronchitis is induced by a virus, and viral infections do not respond to the germ-killing properties of these potent drugs. They are efficacious against bacterial infections (for instance strep throat and bladder infections). Antibiotics can also cause complications, for instance diarrhoea and yeast infections. More than that, they can undermine your immune system. So, antibiotics may cause more harm than good when they are not used properly.Whatever type of bronchitis you suffer from, it begins with hacking cough & gradually turns into begma accompanied by fever, splitting headaches and tiredness.As long as you have the conditions, your acute bronchitis is contagious. It you have had the disease for more than half a year, you should schedule an appointment with your GP to get examined for other diseases.You can avoid the spread of the disease. A sufferer should observe a healthy hygiene by regularly washing hands & covering the mouth when coughing and sneezing. The best treatment for bronchitis is natural remedies. They will not hurt your immune system as antibiotics can do & target the root causes. Herbal medicines are effective against both acute & chronic bronchitis.Anyway, it is better to avoid a disease than treat it. |
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