Dr. Polverino answers your most pressing questions about bronchitis, how contagious it is and when it may cause more serious ...

Acute bronchitis usually develops after a cold or upper respiratory infection, and it improves within a few days without residual effects. Chronic bronchitis is more serious and develops slowly over ...

Pneumonia and bronchitis have similar symptoms, but critical differences as well. Here is a side-by-side comparison of bronchitis and pneumonia symptoms. Acute bronchitis is inflammation of the ...

The percentage of children ages 2-4 diagnosed with a respiratory illness-bacteria grew from 1% to 7.2% between March 31 and ...

Acute bronchitis is a temporary condition usually ... Chronic bronchitis is a more long-term condition, with symptoms lasting ...

For acute bronchitis, the biggest risk is that it may progress to pneumonia, a more serious lung infection, especially if left untreated. Pneumonia occurs when the air sacs in the lungs become ...

which is typically associated with "walking pneumonia," or acute bronchitis. Discharges peaked in late August, the CDC reported on Oct. 18. Between March 31 and Oct. 5, the percentage of children ...

In order to understand contemporary reasons for antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in the United States, clinicians' familiarity with the clinical guidelines for acute bronchitis ...