Chronic bronchitis refers to inflammation and often infection of the bronchia, manifested by persistent, sputum-producing cough. Patients are diagnosed with chronic bronchitis if they experience sputum expectoration for more than three months of the year over a period of two years in a row, in the absence of other respiratory or cardio-vascular problems that can also generate recidivating cough....

Modern society suffers mostly from various kinds of respiratory disorders, some contagious and some noncontagious. The markets are flooded with a variety of drugs to treat bronchitis and other disorders. All of us need to have adequate knowledge about how to maintain good health. We need to know the best drugs to treat bronchitis, in case we are stricken with it. Bronchitis, a respiratory...

There are many times of the year when bronchial infections seem to increase. While not a researcher or medical professional, I have noticed that cold and rainy weather along with the changes in seasons, my kids seem to have more than their share of colds and flu like symptoms. Bronchitis, like many illnesses is broken down as either acute or short term, and chronic which is much longer....

Diagnosing asthma is notoriously difficult, particularly in children. Asthma is sometimes missed simply because its symptoms are like those of bronchitis. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages, or bronchi, and is marked by one of asthma's main symptoms that is wheezy symptoms. In acute bronchitis, the inflammation is caused by an infection, usually a virus, chronic bronchitis is...