Is tracheitis the same as bronchitis

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Friends of patients must correctly distinguish between tracheitis and bronchitis, otherwise it is very easy to cause unnecessary damage in the process of treatment, especially friends who like to buy medicine to solve symptoms by themselves. Because of the similarity between the two, it is very difficult for patients to distinguish. Here, I will teach you how to correctly distinguish tracheitis and bronchitis.

Is tracheitis the same as bronchitis

First: [1. Difference between symptoms of tracheitis and bronchitis]: symptoms of bronchitis are caused by different syndromes such as wind cold and wind heat, which are more common in clinic. Others, such as inhaling smoke and dust, can also cause cough. If the pathogen of lung Wei can not be removed in time, it can also evolve and transform. For example, wind cold cough can transform depression into heat, and wind heat cough can transform dryness into dampness. Therefore, clinically, there are different syndromes of cough, such as wind cold, wind heat, dryness and heat. The symptoms of tracheitis are long-term recurrent cough, which often occurs in cold seasons and sudden changes of temperature. Cough is frequent in the morning and evening, and alleviates in the daytime. Phlegm is mostly white sticky, sooner or later phlegm. When combined with infection, the amount of sputum increased, most of them were internal heat type, and rales decreased after cough and expectoration.

Second: [2. The difference of infection factors between tracheitis and bronchitis]: the infection factors of bronchitis are: most of bronchitis is caused by bacteria or viruses, and the main bacteria and viruses inducing bronchitis are rhinovirus, syncytial virus, influenza virus and rubella virus. The most common bacteria were pneumococcus, hemolytic streptococcus, Staphylococcus and influenza bacilli. When the temperature drops suddenly, air pollution and other chronic stimulation can also occur; smoking makes bronchospasm, ciliary movement decreased, mucus secretion increased, which is conducive to infection; allergic factors also have a certain relationship. 　　

Third: the infection factors of tracheitis are: 1. Infection: it can be directly infected by virus and bacteria, or it can be caused by the spread of virus or bacteria in acute upper respiratory tract infection. 2、 Physical and chemical factors. 3、 Allergic reaction: common pathogens include inhalation of pollen, organic dust, fungal spores, etc.; secretions may be mucinous purulent. After the inflammation subsided, the structure and function of mucosa could return to normal.

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Generally speaking, the difference is not very big. Tracheitis and bronchitis are caused by infection, physical and chemical stimulation when the body's resistance is low, such as cold, fatigue, malnutrition and so on, resulting in mucosal congestion, edema, exudation, increased secretion and other inflammatory pathological changes.