The difference between wheezing bronchitis and bronchial asthma lies in the etiology, pathogenetic features, signs and symptoms, and treatment.
1. Etiology: Asthma is the onset of the disease is affected by genetic, immune and environmental factors. Wheezing bronchitis is more often caused by bacterial, viral and other pathogenic infections.
2. Characteristics of onset: bronchial asthma develops at a young age or in youth, often with a family history, triggered by contact with allergens or irritants, and can be improved by removing allergens. Wheezing bronchitis is divided into acute wheezing bronchitis and chronic wheezing bronchitis, mostly caused by infections, especially chronic wheezing bronchitis tends to recur after a cold or flu.
3. Symptoms and signs: bronchial asthma with wheezing as the main symptom, both lungs covered with expiratory phase of the main rales. Chronic wheezing bronchitis, in addition to wheezing, but also common symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum, etc. In addition to rales, chronic wheezing bronchitis can also appear wet rhonchi.
4. Treatment: asthma is mainly away from allergens, glucocorticoids such as inhaled budesonide, prednisone, bronchodilators such as salbutamol, doxorubicin and other drugs to control the condition. As for asthmatic bronchitis, in addition to the above symptomatic drugs, most patients may need to choose antibiotics such as penicillin and azithromycin according to their conditions.
When the diagnosis of wheezing bronchitis or bronchial asthma, should follow the doctor’s instructions for diagnosis and treatment, the above drugs need to be standardized under the guidance of professional physicians and pharmacists, reasonable application.