What is chronic bronchitis?

Answer 1

Defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row.

In chronic bronchitis, there is inflammation and swelling of the lining of the airways that lead to narrowing and obstruction of the airways. The inflammation stimulates production of mucous (sputum), which can cause further obstruction of the airways.

Obstruction of the airways, especially with mucus, increases the likelihood of bacterial lung infections.

Answer 2

As the name suggest asthmatic bronchitis is a combination of the two main pulmonary conditions, "bronchitis" and "Asthma". Both of these ailments, falls under the category of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD). As we all know bronchitis is leads to the narrowing of the airways from the mouth to the lungs thus causing breathing difficulties (due to inflammation). Asthma, on the other hand, also causes narrowing of the airway muscles due to inflammation.

Answer 3

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the main air passages to the lungs. Bronchitis may be short-lived (acute) or chronic, meaning that it lasts a long time and often recurs.