Bronchitis affects the bronchial tubes, while pneumonia affects the lung air sacs. Without treatment, bronchitis can become pneumonia. You’re coughing, you’ve got a fever, and your chest feels ...

2 The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine ... Although the prevalence of eosinophilic bronchitis (EB) is less than in asthma, the causes, mechanisms and ...

Steam from a humidifier also may help, while inhaled medicine may open your airways if you’re having trouble breathing. Treatment will help your symptoms, but chronic bronchitis is a long-term ...

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital ... yet the true prevalence of this condition remains difficult to define. Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a disease caused ...

Your doctor also may ask about your medical history, your exposure to air pollution and other irritants, whether you recently had a cold or flu and whether you smoke or spend time around others who do ...

Methods Inclusion criteria were: (1) design: cross-sectional or longitudinal, (2) groups: at least one group of farmers and a control group of non-farmers, (3) outcome: prevalence or unadjusted OR of ...

Acute bronchitis, commonly known as a chest cold, is a respiratory illness that can affect anyone, but it can be particularly challenging during cold weather. Understanding how these two factors ...