The most common symptoms for acute bronchitis include cough, chest soreness, runny nose, feeling tired and achy, headache, chills, slight fever, and sore throat.
One may also ask, can bronchitis cause extreme fatigue?
You may have fever, chills, or a headache if you have an acute bronchitis. You may have pain in your muscles, or pain in your lungs when you take a deep breath with both types of bronchitis, especially if you are coughing really hard, for long periods of time. You may be overly tired, or very weak (fatigued).
Keeping this in consideration, does bronchitis affect the respiratory system?
Chronic bronchitis affects the oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange because the airway swelling and mucus production can also narrow the airways and reduce the flow of oxygen-rich air into the lung and carbon dioxide out of the lung.
Does bronchitis show up on xray?
Pneumonia shows up on a chest X-ray, but acute bronchitis usually does not. Most cases of acute bronchitis are caused by viruses, although the condition also can be caused by bacteria.
How does bronchitis affect the body?
In bronchitis, cells that line the bronchi become infected. The infection usually starts in the nose or throat and travels to the bronchial tubes. When the body tries to fight the infection, it causes the bronchial tubes to swell. This causes you to cough.
What is the fastest way to cure bronchitis?
Relief for Acute Bronchitis
- Drink lots of fluids, especially water. Try eight to 12 glasses a day to help thin out that mucus and make it easier to cough up. …
- Get plenty of rest.
- Use over-the-counter pain relievers with ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), or aspirin to help with pain.