Is bronchitis contagious?

Tell me, is branhitis contagious?

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Julia Andreevna

At a microbic infection - are not dangerous, at virus - yes! Any virus, like all known flu virus, is highly contagious, transmitted by airborne droplets. When talking, when you cough, "flies" around 10 meters in search of a new victim! In general, viruses constantly "rotate" among people, but especially they are aggressive in periods of epidemics. Then the illnesses acquire a massive, general character.

Olga Koroleva

navryadli, bronchitis is not contagious.

Marina Karpukhina (Masko)

No, branhit is not contagious. It is impossible to get bronchitis.

Veritas

In principle, you can. But it is not necessary.

Tatyana

It depends on which, infectious bronchitis is contagious (the first 5-6 days), as well as pneumonia.

mokintosh

bronchitis is not contagious

Elena Brovchenko

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi, which in most cases is associated with an infection. Infection can be both viral and bacterial. This distinction is of fundamental importance, since bacterial inflammation can be cured with antibiotics, and the virus can not be cured by these drugs.

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The main sign of bronchitis is cough. It can be dry and wet. When a cough with phlegm, it performs a protective role: the removal of sputum, together with the microorganisms that triggered the inflammation - is cleaning the bronchi and ensuring air access. Cough without phlegm is associated either with the fact that the sputum is very thick and can not move away or with the fact that it is not, but there is only a condensation the mucous membrane of the trachea or bronchi and its irritation with an inflammatory process, this just provokes a cough reflex.

Bronchitis is divided into acute and chronic, depending on the duration of the disease. These are completely different states.

The basis of acute bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial mucosa, usually caused by respiratory viruses, to which the microbial flora (streptococci, hemophilic rod, pneumococci) can join in parallel. Often it is noted for influenza, measles, whooping cough and other diseases; it happens that turns into a chronic one. Often acute bronchitis is combined with tracheitis, laryngitis, rhinopharyngitis.

In some cases, terminal sections of the bronchial tree are affected, bronchiolitis occurs. To the factors that have to the illness include hypothermia, alcohol consumption, chronic focal infection in the nasopharyngeal area, smoking, changes in nasal breathing, deformity of the chest. Acute bronchitis can also appear when physical (cold or hot air) or chemical (irritating gases) influence factors.

The harmful agent enters the bronchi predominantly with inhaled air. It is also likely that a damaging agent enters the bloodstream (hematogenous pathway) or with a lymphatic current (lymphogenous pathway). As a rule, there is swelling and hyperemia of the bronchial mucosa with the formation of a mucous or mucopurulent secretion. In severe stages, necrotic disorders of the bronchial epithelium can be observed, followed by rejection of the epithelial cover. In consequence of inflammatory disorders, as well as bronchospasm, there are sometimes changes in bronchial patency, especially in the lesions of small bronchi. Bronchitis of the infectious type often begins against a background of acute rhinitis and laryngitis. The onset of acute bronchitis is noted with malaise, burning sensation behind the sternum (with trachea injury). The main symptom of bronchitis is a cough (dry or wet). In acute bronchitis cough is usually paroxysmal, accompanied by a burning sensation behind the sternum or in the throat. Sometimes paroxysmal coughing is so intense that it is accompanied by a headache. Patients are concerned about weakness, cognition, an increase in temperature to 37-38 o C, headache, muscle pain. There are no percussion changes. With auscultation of the lungs, heavy breathing is observed, scattered dry wheezes. Changes in blood are minimal. Radiographically, in fragments, there is an increase in pulmonary pattern and uncertainty of the roots of the lungs. After 2--3 days from the onset of the disease, a small amount of viscous sputum appears, cough becomes less painful, and the state of health improves. Bronchitis, usually, lasts 1-2 weeks, but still cough can last up to 1 month.
In acute bronchitis there may be a violation of bronchial patency, the main clinical manifestation of which serves paroxysmal cough, dry or with hardly detachable sputum, which is accompanied by a change in the ventilation of the lungs. There is an increase in dyspnea, cyanosis, wheezing in the lungs, especially in exhalation and in a horizontal position. Acute bronchitis with violation of bronchial patency has a tendency to prolonged course and transition to chronic bronchitis.

Cusick

Bronchitis is usually a consequence of ARVI, so it can easily be contagious.

Tell me, please... Is bronchitis and pneumonia transmitted if you are in the same room?

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rossa

No.

CYBERZero

If airborne, then YES.

Lyudmila Kuzmina

Bronchitis and pneumonia are not infectious diseases

Tatiana Voeiko

Yes, pneumonia can be contagious. When in contact with a child, wear a medical mask covering the nose and mouth. Ventilate the room where you are. For the time of illness, get a separate dish and a towel for yourself.

La Otra

In most cases, pneumonia is transmitted by airborne droplets. When coughing and sneezing, a sick person releases a large number of bacteria and microorganisms from the respiratory tract and mucous membranes mouth, which, getting into the lungs of a healthy person lead to the development of an inflammatory reaction with the formation of exudate. Exudate is a fluid rich in proteins and blood cells (lymphocytes, leukocytes) that seeps from small blood vessels at the site of inflammation. It is a good breeding ground for microorganisms. Pathogens can also penetrate into the lungs by hematogenous pathway from other organs, in which there are already foci of inflammation. In children, pneumonia often occurs due to swallowing sputum and nasal discharge. The body becomes more vulnerable when its immune defense decreases, as well as its supercooling and overwork.
The opinion that getting bronchitis can not be wrong! If you can not get bronchitis, then why do they all get sick so often?
Doctors distinguish the viral and bacteriological causes of bronchitis. In the first case, the cause is in influenza viruses or a pair of influenza. In the second - pneumococcus, streptococci, etc. Less often as a cause of bronchitis are fungi, allergens or toxic substances.
Is bronchitis contagious? Yes! The main way of spreading bronchitis is airborne: when inhaled infected droplets of saliva come into contact with a sick person (during coughing, sneezing, during yawning and even during conversation).
For example, sneezing allows your body to clear the mucous membrane of the bronchi and pulmonary alveoli from surplus sputum or dust particles. At the same time, the velocity of the evolved air is 150 km / h.
Just imagine when coughing, sneezing, or talking, millions of droplets (saliva or sputum) infected with viruses enter the air. In places of large concentrations of people, these drops can breathe in other people. Poor ventilation significantly increases the chance of getting bronchitis. That is why it is so important to observe simple precautions: to ventilate the room, cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief when sneezing and coughing, wash hands after visiting public places and wearing a mask.

Roman Konyshev

I will add only that if you have a normally working ciliary apparatus airways, then getting sick with bronchitis is more difficult. As a rule, when smoking, the cilia turn off for 3 hours, and when the temperature drops, their activity decreases. (coughing and sneezing cilia accelerate the particles to a speed of about 60 km / h)

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During childbirth I had terrible bronchopneumonia. And I was terribly afraid that it would be passed on to my daughter who was born, given that she had a weak body. But, Thank God, closely contacting it and having been ill for almost 2 weeks, I did not infect it.

Just LANA

If the bronchitis of a bacterial nature, then you can get infected, it is just a patient to cough. Much depends on the immunity of one who is afraid of getting infected. Well. and pneumonia is another infection, the most that neither is a bacterial infection.

Is bronchitis contagious and how to prevent it?

How many opinions exist about whether it is possible to catch bronchitis or not. Some say - bronchitis is contagious, others that bronchitis is not contagious. So how is it really? Is bronchitis contagious and how to prevent disease? This question, I think, worries every person. After all, in everyday life you often meet people who suffer from bronchitis (in the clinic, in the transport, in the shops, etc.) ). If bronchitis is not contagious, why are there so many sick people?

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