Mataracy
VIP Contributor
This is an Infection of the bronchi or tubes that carry air to the lungs. It causes a noisy cough, often with mucus or phlegm.
This infection am talking about is usually caused by virus, so antibiotics do not generally help. Use antibiotics only if the bronchitis last pneumonia, or if he already had a chronic lung problem. Occasionally roundworms may be responsible. Try giving mebendazole.
Also it may be due to smoking, or yo living in a very dusty place.
Signs:
- A cough, with mucus that last for a months or years.
Sometimes the cough gets worse, and there may be fever . A person who has this kind of cough, but does not have another long term illness such as tuberculosis or asthma, probably has chronic bronchitis.
- It occurs most frequently in older persons who have been heavy smokers, and these are the ones most likely yo develop emphysema if they continue to smoke.
- Emphysema is a very serious condition of the lungs and the damage done is permanent. A person with emphysema has a hard time breathing. A person with emphysema, has a hard time breathing, especially with exercise. In some the chest becomes 'big like a barrel'.
Treatment:
- Any body that has it should stop smoking and try to avoid dusty environment.
- Try an anti- asthma medicine with ephedrine or theophyllin
- persons with chronic bronchitis should use ampicillin or the tetracycline every time they have cold or 'flu' with a fever.
This infection am talking about is usually caused by virus, so antibiotics do not generally help. Use antibiotics only if the bronchitis last pneumonia, or if he already had a chronic lung problem. Occasionally roundworms may be responsible. Try giving mebendazole.
Also it may be due to smoking, or yo living in a very dusty place.
Signs:
- A cough, with mucus that last for a months or years.
Sometimes the cough gets worse, and there may be fever . A person who has this kind of cough, but does not have another long term illness such as tuberculosis or asthma, probably has chronic bronchitis.
- It occurs most frequently in older persons who have been heavy smokers, and these are the ones most likely yo develop emphysema if they continue to smoke.
- Emphysema is a very serious condition of the lungs and the damage done is permanent. A person with emphysema has a hard time breathing. A person with emphysema, has a hard time breathing, especially with exercise. In some the chest becomes 'big like a barrel'.
Treatment:
- Any body that has it should stop smoking and try to avoid dusty environment.
- Try an anti- asthma medicine with ephedrine or theophyllin
- persons with chronic bronchitis should use ampicillin or the tetracycline every time they have cold or 'flu' with a fever.
