When it comes to changing seasons, many people will have symptoms such as coughing and coughing up sputum. Some people are caused by colds, and some people are caused by bronchitis.
Although colds and bronchitis are two different diseases, but the symptoms are extremely similar, if people do not pay attention, it is possible to misjudge the disease, if you use drugs without authorization, it may hurt the body.
So, what is the difference between bronchitis and a cold?
1. The performance of cough is different. Bronchitis may cause symptoms such as fever, irritating dry cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose in the early stages;
Colds can cause symptoms of sneezing and sore throat, and may cause cough and sputum cough in the later stages, but will not cause irritating dry cough.
2. Bronchitis may cause asthma. After suffering from bronchitis, some patients will cause wheezing and coughing after damage to bronchioles;
The cold is caused by infection with bacteria or viruses, and does not cause patients with chest tightness and asthma, so it is better to distinguish in this regard.
3. Bronchial tubes may cause secondary infection. If the bronchi is not treated in time, the patient is likely to cause secondary infection, which will cause inflammation to worsen, causing the patient to have symptoms such as repeated body fever and severe dry cough. Colds generally do not cause secondary infections, but can cause worsening of symptoms.
The symptoms of colds and bronchitis seem similar, but on closer inspection, there are still the above three differences.
If you can't correctly distinguish between colds and bronchitis, you should go to the hospital in time and ask the doctor to judge according to your own situation.
Here, patients should also be reminded to try to avoid falling into the following misunderstandings.
1. Abuse of antibiotic drugs.
Some patients in the cough when unauthorized to the pharmacy to buy some cough, anti-inflammatory drugs, these cough, anti-inflammatory drugs, some of them belong to antibiotics, if it is the use of the wrong antibiotic drugs may lead to physical harm, so that the condition becomes more and more serious.
2. Unauthorized judgment of the condition and medication. Clinically, bronchitis and colds are similar, but the treatment methods are different. After some people have a cough and throat discomfort, they judge the condition without authorization, do not go to the hospital for examination, and go to the pharmacy to buy drugs for treatment.
If the diagnosis of the condition is wrong, the drugs used not only cannot play a therapeutic effect, but may also cause aggravation of the disease.
Moreover, the medication for bronchitis is also different during each period, and even if the patient judges that the disease is bronchitis, the medication is not necessarily accurate, so it is possible to delay the treatment time of the disease.
3. Increase the dosage. Whether it is a cold or bronchitis, it is necessary to take medication on time and in quantity under the guidance of a doctor.
Some patients see that there has been no improvement after taking the drug, so they increase the dosage without authorization, which does not make the disease recover faster, but may lead to more discomfort in the body.
4. Infusion. Some people feel that after getting sick, they feel that infusions can make the disease get better faster.
However, for colds or bronchitis, infusion is not the best treatment, and infusion may also make people resistant, but it is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
Whether it is bronchitis or cold, it is necessary to treat with symptomatic medication, patients should know more about the difference between the two diseases, and also pay attention to avoid the above four treatment misunderstandings, so as not to cause aggravation of the disease.
During the treatment period, patients should pay attention to a light diet, can not eat spicy and irritating food, can eat more vegetables and fruits, but also pay attention to more rest, so that the condition can recover as soon as possible.