Overview

• Acute Bronchitis (Family Doctor)
• Chronic Bronchitis (COPD) (Family Doctor)

Symptoms

• cough with sputum (yellowish or green mucus)
• Soreness and a feeling of constriction or burning in your chest
• Breathlessness
• Wheezing
• Chills
• Overall malaise and slight fever

Diagnosis

• Chest tests (Mayo)
• Arterial blood gases (ABG) analysis (Lab Tests Online)
• Spirometry (National Lung Health Education Program)

Treatments

• getting plenty of rest
• drinking extra liquids
• taking a nonprescription cough medicine
• inhaler
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation (American College of Chest Physicians

Anatomy

• Repsiratory System (Medem)

Ogranizations and Patient-Centered Sites

• American Lung Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Lung Health Education Program