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Bronchitis is an inflammation of the main air passages to the lungs. Bronchitis may be short-lived (acute) or chronic, meaning that it lasts a long time and often recurs.
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The term " bronchitis " refers to the inflammation of medium-sized and large airways in the lung (bronchi). Bronchitis is distinguished from bronchiolitis (inflammation of small airways that lack cartilage and mucus-secreting glands in their walls) and from bronchiectasis (permanent dilation and destruction of bronchi associated with chronic cough productive of purulent sputum).
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Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages between the nose and the lungs, including the windpipe, or trachea, and the larger air tubes called bronchi that bring air into the lungs from the trachea. When bronchitis is mild and brief in duration, it is called acute.
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A lower respiratory inflammation affecting the windpipe (trachea) and bronchial tubes. Bronchitis can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or allergies, and it occurs in both acute and chronic forms, the former usually caused by a virus and the latter by allergies.
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Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages between the nose and the lungs, including the windpipe or trachea and the larger air tubes of the lung that bring air in from the trachea (bronchi). Bronchitis can either be of brief duration (acute) or have a long course (chronic).
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Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages between the nose and the lungs, including the windpipe or trachea and the larger air tubes of the lung that bring air in from the trachea (bronchi). Bronchitis can either be of brief duration (acute) or have a long course (chronic).
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