Cough and bronchitis

Cough is noticed in about half of patients with acute respiratory infections. The appearance of intense coughing in the respiratory acute infection indicates the likely attack of tracheobronchi. With the exclusion of pneumonia, the most likely diagnosis is acute bronchitis. However, the initial symptoms of bronchitis are usually identical with a cold, and they are: cold, mild sore throat, conjunctivitis, hoarseness. Feeling of burning sensation from pectoral bones is a sign of inflammation of Trachea mucosa, or bronchitis. Cough is the leading symptom of bronchitis; it is an early sign and is developed during the disease. In the beginning it is dry and irritating, and in a few days it becomes productive, usually with a clear appearance of substance coughed.

Causes of bronchitis are ...

Respiratory viruses are the causes of acute bronchitis, and is equally caused by common cold viruses, such as rhinovirus and choronavirusi, and those more invasive such as influenza viruses and adenovirus, and in children also respiratory virus and viruses of parainfluenza. Acute bronchitis is especially common during the epidemic of influenza. Although rhinovirus is not so pathogen, they are due to their number and frequency very important cause of acute bronchitis in children and adults. Only a small percentage of acute bronchitis is caused by nonvirus triggers. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is most common in small and older children. The bacteria usually only secondarily infect mucous membranes of Bronchus damaged by viruses or cause deterioration of the situation in patients with chronic bronchitis.