Bronchitis can be categorized into acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis cough can be cured in about 2 to 3 weeks, while chronic bronchitis is clinically recurrent and difficult to cure, and the time for the cough to improve varies from person to person.
Acute bronchitis often behaves like an upper respiratory tract infection, and the cough can last for 2 to 3 weeks, or longer in smokers.
Chronic bronchitis has a long course, the main clinical symptoms are coughing, coughing up sputum or with wheezing, part of the patient control is good, the cough can be improved in half a month, part of the patient can develop into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or even pulmonary heart disease, coughing may be accompanied by a lifelong.
If bronchitis patients with severe cough symptoms, symptoms continue and do not see improvement, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment. During the course of the disease, you need to pay attention to keep warm, drink more water, maintain a light diet, enhance physical fitness, improve their own immunity. Patients need to strictly quit smoking, should avoid inhaling harmful gases and other harmful particles.