Is Bronchitis an upper respiratory disease?!


Question: Is Bronchitis an upper respiratory disease!?
Or is it a lower respiratory disease!? Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
The respiratory tract is divided (somewhat arbitrarily) into upper and lower tracts - clinically, this allows physicians to classify infections into upper or lower, with some implications for treatment & prognosis (upper tract infections rarely need hospitalisation, for example)!.

The division of the respiratory tract is at the level of the vocal cords, actually, so any infection of the bronchi (bronchitis) is technically a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)!. Examples of URTI are laryngitis, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

it affects the bronchial tubes which lead to the lungs, so it is an upper respiratory infection!.
"Accompanying symptoms of an upper respiratory infection
Acute bronchitis also may be accompanied by common signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection, including:

* Soreness and a feeling of constriction or burning in your chest
* Sore throat
* Chest congestion
* Sinus fullness
* Breathlessness
* Wheezing
* Slight fever and chills
* Overall malaise"
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Your brochial tubes branch off your lungs, they are located in the upper part of the body, so therefore its a upper respiratory disease!. Www@Answer-Health@Com





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