Chronic bronchitis is different from acute bronchitis in that it involves a cough that lasts for at least 3 months, 2 years in a row. Learn the causes, symptoms, contagious period, treatments, and complications of chronic bronchitis.
Etiology included GERD, asthma, bronchitis, post-nasal drip, and other. Three domains of cough severity were identified: frequency, intensity, and disruption. In addition to a single cough, participants in all focus groups described coughing in uncontrollable paroxysms they called "fits," "bouts,"...
A physician diagnosis of asthma or COPD (emphysema/chronic bronchitis/COPD) was reported by 13% and 21% of subjects aged <65 and 65–84 years respectively. Aging was associated with a marked decrease in the prevalence of diagnosed asthma (from 8.2% to 1.6%) and with a marked increase in...
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chronic disease management, especially in non-specialized clinics, is the number of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma or COPD, who are either inaccurately diagnosed or misdiagnosed for having other respiratory diseases such as the common cold, acute bronchitis or pneumonia6,7...
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A chest X-ray can be used to define abnormalities of the lungs such as excessive fluid (fluid overload or pulmonary edema), fluid around the lung (pleural effusion), pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, cysts, and cancers. Facial Health: What Your Skin and Face Symptoms Can Reveal About You ...
School of Anatomy and Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Australia David Hillman School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Australia Michael Hunter, Jennie Hui, Matthew Knuiman & AW Bill Musk Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthal...
Herein, the anatomy and physiology of the cough reflex are reviewed. Upper airway cough syndrome, asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease account for most chronic cough after excluding smoking, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use, and chronic bronchitis. Many patients ...
OSA occurs due to abnormal ventilatory control, abnormal pharyngeal collapsibility and anatomy, impaired upper airway dilator responses to airway collapse, decreased arousal thresholds, or some combination of these factors [59]. Similarly, COPD exists on a spectrum from pure chronic bronchitis to ...