Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, or bronchi (the air .
passages that extend from the windpipe into the lungs). The inflammation may be .
caused by a virus, bacteria, smoking or the inhalation of chemical pollutants or .
dust. The bronchi are large delicate tubes in the lungs that are attached to the .
trachea and carry air to smaller tubes in the lungs, a better way of explaining .
it is: the way of the human respiratory system. When the cells of bronchial-lining .
tissue are irritated to a certain point, the little hairs in the nostrils called the cilia do.
not function. Their function is to keep out foreign invaders from entering through.
the nostrils by trapping them, if the invaders enter, the air passages can get .
infected and clogged with the debris coming from that foreign invader. From this,.
mucus slowly develops. Since the air passages protect themselves with the nasal .
passage's mucus membrane, the cilia can't protect the air passage ways.
So this causes the cough of bronchitis.
Acute bronchitis can come from a severe cold and/or flu. Acute bronchitis.
can begin without having any kind of infection, but it usually lasts about 10 days.
The most effective way to deal with acute bronchitis is to: Avoid fatigue by getting .
proper rest, stay indoors when the weather is cold and windy and drink large.
amounts of fluid to help keep the chest mucus liquefied and the mucus in your .
throat (congestive mucus) should be coughed up, but when the inflammation of .
bronchitis gets bigger all the way down to the air sacks, Bronchopneumonia .
results. Also, if acute bronchitis affects the branches of the bronchi it can develop .
into bronchial or lobular pneumonia (there are a few different kinds of pneumonia).
The definition for Chronic bronchitis is the intense mucus production in .
the bronchi and a chronic or recurrent mucus-producing cough that lasts three or .
more months and re-occurs year after year.