Acute Bronchitis Research Paper

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Acute Bronchitis is a condition were the bronchial tubes become inflamed which are passageways to your lungs. Virus’ often causes colds and flu often create acute bronchitis, this can be formed by our environment. The air we breathe, through body contact, being exposed to smoke, air pollution, fumes, vapors, and dust is the way this condition can be contracted. On the rare occasion bacteria is the cause of acute bronchitis. Doctors can diagnose acute bronchitis by giving a blood gas test, or a chest X-ray. The main symptom of this inflammation is coughing; additional symptoms include high temperature also known as a fever, and aches and pains. Treatments are simple with this inflammation; treatment is targeted to ease up the symptoms. Taking

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