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Bronchitis: Treatments
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With treatment, acute bronchitis usually clears up in one to two weeks. The cough that accompanies the disease may last for several more weeks.... By contrast, chronic bronchitis is a progressive disease. Brief improvements may be seen, but in the long term, no cure is available. The disease often develops into emphysema or other lung diseases, all of which are eventually fatal.
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Although very few studies have examined the effectiveness of specific homeopathic therapies, professional homeopaths may consider the following remedies for the treatment of bronchitis in addition to standard medical care. Before prescribing a remedy, homeopaths take into account a person's constitutional type. A constitutional type is defined as a person's physical, emotional, and psychological makeup. An experienced homeopath assesses all of these factors when determining the most appropriate treatment for each individual.
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The treatment of chronic bronchitis is complex and depends on the stage of chronic bronchitis and whether other health problems are present. Lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking and avoiding secondhand smoke or polluted air, are an important first step. Controlled exercise performed on a regular basis is ... important.
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In patients with chronic bronchitis, physical exercise programs, breathing exercises, and patient education programs all contribute to the treatment plan. For patients with low oxygen levels, home oxygen is ... used. Steroids (either inhaled or by mouth) can also help some patients with chronic bronchitis.
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The treatment to be adopted in chronic bronchitis depends upon the severity of the case, the age of the patient and the presence or absence of complications. Attention to the general health is a matter of prime importance in all cases of the disease, more particularly among persons whose avocations entail exposure, and tonics with cod-liver oil will be found highly advantageous. The use of a respirator in very cold or damp weather is a valuable means of protection. In those aggravated forms of chronic bronchitis, where the slightest exposure to cold air brings on fresh attacks, it may become necessary, where circumstances permit, to enjoin confinement to a warm room or removal to a more genial climate during the winter months.
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Three studies32-34 have evaluated the effectiveness of bronchodilators in the treatment of acute bronchitis (Table 3). These studies all demonstrated significant relief of symptoms in patients with bronchitis who received oral albuterol (4 mg four times daily),33 inhaled albuterol (two puffs four times daily)34 or fenoterol (not available in the United States).32 Compared with patients who received placebo, those who were treated with albuterol were more likely to have stopped coughing within a week of the initiation of therapy.33,34 The patients who were treated with inhaled albuterol ... returned to work sooner.33 The effects of combining albuterol with an antibiotic have also been assessed. In one of these studies,32 no benefit was shown from adding erythromycin to the treatment regimen of patients who were already receiving albuterol.
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