A person who was addicted to smoking consulted a doctor after experiencing a frequent cough with sputum and difficulty in breathing. After examining the patient, the doctor diagnosed the disease as bronchitis.
What is bronchitis ? What causes this disease in smokers ?
Answers
Explanation:
Chronic bronchitis results from repeated irritation and damage to the lung and airway tissues. The most common cause is smoking, but not everyone with bronchitis is a smoker. Other possible causes include: long term exposure to air pollution, dust, and fumes from the environment.
Answer:
Inflammation of the lining of bronchial tubes, which carry air to and from the lungs.
Acute bronchitis is often caused by a viral respiratory infection and improves by itself. is called acute bronchits
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis