Dr. Nilesh Sonawane MBBS MD Pulmonologist and Diabetologist
Bronchitis is condition that affects tubular structure in lung that carry air from upper respiratory tract to alveoli.
often inflamed and result in symptomps like cough, breathlessness, wheezing( whistel like sound while breathing).
Occures due to allergy, postviral, post covid19, fungal allergy etc.
bronchitis differs from pneumonia
Inflammation of bronchus can occurre from exposure to viral infections like RSV ,influenza ,exposure to toxic chemicals ,exposure yo heavy dust,pollution etc.
Irritating cough /phelgm production occure in bronchitis.To clear these phelgm body gets repeated bouts of cough
People often describe this symptoms as itchy throat or cough in throat that require repeated clearing.
Repeated cough have various health aspects like it cause pain in abd due to cough, vomiting episodes and even in some cases as hernia die to repeated increase in intrabdominal pressure secondary to cough.