Acute bronchitis

Description:

The acute bronchitis is an acute inflammation of a mucous membrane of bronchial tubes.
The acute bronchitis, as a rule, is caused by the same virus which became the reason of an inflammation of upper respiratory infections, such as cold or flu. In rare instances, the acute bronchitis is caused by bacteria.

Symptoms of the Acute bronchitis:

The main symptom is cough. The main symptom of acute bronchitis - cough, at first dry, then with a phlegm. Feeling of fatigue, the lowered temperature – all this manifestations of an acute bronchitis.  

Unpleasant feelings behind a breast, dry cough, feeling of weakness, weakness, temperature, an asthma. Over time cough becomes wet, the phlegm begins to depart. Symptoms usually abate by 3-4 day and at a favorable current completely disappear by 7-10 day.

Reasons of the Acute bronchitis:

Provoke a disease - overcooling, upper respiratory tract infections, smoking, decrease in immunity.
The acute bronchitis can be caused also by external influences, for example a gas contamination, impurity of the air irritating bronchial tubes.  
Acute bronchitis can catch from the person who is near you.

Treatment of the Acute bronchitis:

In most cases the acute bronchitis is caused by viruses which are not won by antibiotics. Use of medicines in case they are not necessary, can result in side effects from therapy by antibiotics, and some bacteria can become steady against antibiotics.

The main thing in treatment of an acute bronchitis - observance of a bed rest, regular reception of the prescribed medicine.

Plentiful drink is recommended: hot tea with a lemon, honey, raspberry jam, infusion of flowers of a linden, the warmed-up alkaline mineral waters.

In the first days of a disease mustard plasters, banks, a spirit compress on a thorax, hot foot baths, grinding of a breast Unguentum Terebinthinae give good effect.

At dry cough appoint codeine with Natrii hydrocarbonas or libexinum. If the phlegm departs hardly, expectorants are necessary: infusion of a thermopsis, a tablet of Mucaltinum, inhalation of 2% of solution a nutria of a hydrocarbonate or the warmed-up alkaline mineral waters.

For elimination of a bronchospasm use bronchodilatory means: Euphyllinum, ephedrine, Euspiranum, Isadrinum, etc. According to indications apply febrifugal and anesthetics. Vitamins C are recommended and And.

At dry cough expectorants and inhalations of the warmed-up mineral water, solution of baking soda, eucalyptus oil are applied.

Lollipops for cough will help to calm pain and will remove irritation in a throat.

Without treatment or at decrease in immunity the current of an acute bronchitis can drag on and pass into chronic or be complicated by pneumonia (pneumonia).