Do bronchitis have night sweats?
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Bronchitis refers to chronic nonspecific inflammation of trachea, bronchial mucosa and surrounding tissues. The main cause of bronchitis is chronic nonspecific inflammation of bronchus caused by repeated infection of virus and bacteria. When the temperature drops, the small vasospasm and ischemia of respiratory tract, and the defense function decreases, it is beneficial to cause the disease; Chronic irritation such as smog, dust and air pollution can also cause the disease; Smoking can cause bronchospasm, mucosal variation, decreased ciliary movement and increased mucus secretion, which is beneficial to infection; Allergic factors also have a certain relationship. Do bronchitis have night sweats? Let's talk about it
Do bronchitis have night sweats?
In the early stage of acute bronchitis, the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection are often manifested. Patients usually have clinical manifestations such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and hoarseness. The general symptoms are mild, but there may be low fever, chills, fatigue, conscious throat itching, irritating cough and retrosternal pain. In the early stage, the amount of sputum was not much, but the sputum was not easy to cough up. 2-3 days later, the sputum could change from mucinous to mucopurulent. Cold, inhaling cold air or irritant gas can aggravate or induce cough. The cough is often obvious in the morning or at night. Cough can also be paroxysmal, sometimes persistent cough. Severe cough is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and chest, abdominal muscle pain. If accompanied by bronchospasm, there may be wheezing and shortness of breath. Generally speaking, the course of acute bronchitis has a certain self limitation. The general symptoms can subside in 4-5 days, but sometimes cough can be prolonged for several weeks.
Chronic bronchitis refers to patients with chronic cough and expectoration for more than three months every year for two consecutive years, excluding other causes of chronic cough. It is not necessarily accompanied by persistent airflow limitation. Cough repeated, gradually aggravated cough is the prominent manifestation of the disease. Mild cases only occur in winter and spring, especially before and after getting up in the morning. Cough is less in the daytime. In summer and autumn, cough is relieved or disappeared. Severe patients cough in all seasons, especially in winter and spring, day and night.
The relationship between chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, bronchial asthma: chronic bronchitis is closely related to COPD and emphysema. When patients have cough, expectoration and other symptoms, COPD can not be diagnosed immediately. If the patient has only the clinical manifestations of "chronic bronchitis" and / or "emphysema" without persistent airflow limitation, it can not be diagnosed as COPD, and the patient can only be diagnosed as "chronic bronchitis" and / or "emphysema". However, COPD is diagnosed if the patient's lung function indicates persistent airflow limitation. Some patients with bronchial asthma can also be complicated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema. For example, patients with bronchial asthma often exposed to irritant substances, such as smoking, will also have cough and expectoration, and cough and expectoration is an important feature of chronic bronchitis. Such patients can be diagnosed as "asthmatic bronchitis".
matters needing attention
There is no obvious therapeutic effect on antibiotics, so the abuse of antibiotics should be avoided in the treatment of patients with acute bronchitis. However, if the patient has fever, purulent sputum and severe cough, it is the indication for the use of antibiotics. For patients with acute bronchitis, antibiotics can be used to treat Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, such as erythromycin, or clarithromycin or azithromycin. During the epidemic period of influenza, if there are manifestations of acute bronchitis, anti influenza treatment measures should be applied.
