RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
Bronchitis
Bronchitis is when the airways leading to your lungs (trachea and bronchi) get inflamed and fill with mucus. You get a nagging cough as your body tries to get rid of the mucus. Your cough can last two or more weeks. Acute bronchitis is usually caused by a virus and goes away on its own. Chronic bronchitis never really goes away but can be managed.
What is bronchitis?
Bronchitis is an inflammation of the airways leading into your lungs.
When your airways (trachea and bronchi) getirritated, they swell up and fill with mucus, causing you to cough. Your cough can last days to a couple of weeks. Its the main symptom of bronchitis.
Viruses are the most common cause of acute bronchitis. Smoke and other irritants. can cause acute and chronic bronchitis.
What are the types of bronchitis?
When people talk about bronchitis, they usually mean acute bronchitis, a temporary condition that makes you cough. Some people get bronchitis so often that it's considered chronic bronchitis.
Acute bronchitis
Acute bronchitis is usually caused by a viral infection and goes away on its own in a few weeks. Most people don't need treatment for acute bronchitis.
Chronic bronchitis
You have chronic bronchitis if you have a cough with mucus most days of the month for three months out of the year. This goes on for atleast two years.
If you have chronic bronchitis, you may have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Symptoms
A persistent cough that lasts one to three weeks is the main symptom of bronchitis. You usually bring up mucus when you cough with bronchitis, but you might get a dry cough instead. You might also hear a whistling or rattling sound when you breathe (wheezing).
You might have other symptoms, including:
Shortness of breath (dyspnea).
Fever.
Runny nose.
Tiredness (fatigue).
Treatments
Homeopathic remedies works in both acute and chronic bronchitis. It helps in treating acute and chronic conditions quickly by acute and constitutional remedies respectively. In case of chronic bronchitis homeopathy helps in healing the respiratory system so as to recover as soon as possible and also preventing further progress of disease.
Few homeopathic remedies that will act in such cases are Kali bichromicum, helpar sulph, calcarea carbonica etc.
