Is bronchitis contagious, and how can you protect yourself? Learn how this respiratory illness spreads, key symptoms to watch ...

The Delhi government has imposed a complete ban on the manufacturing, sale, storage, and use of all types of firecrackers in the Indian capital until the new year. This measure, issued by the Delhi ...

Sure, having a cold or respiratory infection can temporarily make it harder to breathe. But if excessive coughing and ...

I attended Sheffield University to study law. After graduating I was not sure about a career in law so I took some time to ...

Cruises are a great way for travelers with COPD to see the world. Most large cruise lines allow passengers to travel with ...

Hope is on the horizon for patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). CHEST 2024 in Boston featured a session highlighting emerging bronchoscopic therapies.

And it can cause you to lose your senses of smell and taste, which usually doesn't happen with bronchitis. Emphysema is a condition that happens when air sacs in your lungs, called alveoli ...

Increases in lung disease and high blood pressure were the most apparent in Europe and the US, with baby boomers on the continent nearly three times as likely to have chronic bronchitis or emphysema ...

Bronchitis may be contagious depending on what's causing it. It can be contagious for several days to a week or more when the cause is bacterial or viral. Infected saliva, respiratory droplets from a ...

The researchers used data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study to quantify the association between e-cigarette use and asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD, emphysema ...

When people with asthma get viral infections, it can increase their risk of getting asthmatic bronchitis. This is a condition where a person with asthma develops acute bronchitis. Typically, acute ...

Airflow obstruction is mainly due to three mechanisms: emphysema, bronchiolitis ... having a chronic bronchitis, a pulmonary artery over aortic diameter ratio above one, or bronchiectasis on ...