Bronchitis
This is a lung disease that causes a cough with a lot of thick phlegm. It lasts for at least three months during a two-year period. The phlegm can sit in the lungs for a while and make a perfect environment for infections to grow.
BronchitisThis is a lung disease that causes a cough with a lot of thick phlegm. It lasts for at least three months during a two-year period. The phlegm can sit in the lungs for a while and make a perfect environment for infections to grow.
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Therefore, if you have bronchitis, you are at an increased risk of getting lung infections like pneumonia. A lot of phlegm sitting in the lungs also decreases the amount of air that can get in and out of the lungs. This makes you feel short of breath. You may not be able to walk very far or do your normal activities without finding it hard to breathe. As your bronchitis progresses, you may need to be given oxygen to help you breathe.
Chronic bronchitis is caused by a long-term irritation of the lungs, the most common irritation coming from cigarette smoke. Other causes may be air pollution, certain working environments (coal mining, construction working with asbestos), and having many lung infections.
