The dangers of bronchitis

Many people know that diseases are harmful to health and will affect normal life and work, but few people pay attention to diseases and take preventive measures. These diseases include bronchitis. Bronchitis is a common respiratory disease. Once infected, the patient will cough, have difficulty breathing, etc. Therefore, this is a very harmful disease.

However, if bronchitis is not treated in time, or if it is treated but not thoroughly, it can easily cause complications, which will cause greater harm. What are the dangers of bronchitis? Let’s learn together.

1. Bronchopneumonia: Children may experience high fever, hypoxia, dyspnea, acute respiratory failure, and even complications such as atelectasis, emphysema, empyema, pyopneumothorax, lung abscess, pericarditis, sepsis, etc., which may be life-threatening.

2. Bronchiectasis: If pediatric bronchitis is not treated properly, it may turn into chronic suppurative bronchitis, which damages the bronchial wall and causes it to deform and expand. The wall tissue is destroyed, causing the bronchi to lose their original natural defense ability, and also reduces the efficiency of coughing and sputum discharge, providing conditions for further infection. Over time, the vicious cycle expands further, the condition worsens, and it becomes difficult to cure. Children may experience long-term intermittent fever, cough up large amounts of purulent sputum or hemoptysis. Further development can lead to cor pulmonale.

3. Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and cor pulmonale: If childhood bronchitis cannot be completely cured and recurs repeatedly, it will turn into chronic bronchitis and further develop into emphysema and cor pulmonale. Children may suffer from repeated attacks, with long-term intermittent coughing, sputum, and wheezing, and may experience exertional shortness of breath, palpitations, cyanosis, and edema, which may not be cured for a long time.

It should be noted here that there are many ways to treat bronchitis, and different methods have different therapeutic effects. For patients, the biggest goal is to gain health, so it is necessary to choose the appropriate method. Generally speaking, treatment methods targeting the cause of the disease not only have good therapeutic effects, but also can speed up the treatment. Therefore, it is important to identify the cause and provide targeted treatment.