What is the difference between pneumonia and bronchitis?
My doctor diagnosed me with bronchitis, but I think it is pneumonia. Isn't a bronchitis cough dry and pneumonia causes a lot of phlegm?When I cough I get a rattling in my chest and my cough sounds like Rice Crispies in milk. I've been sick with a cough over a month. My doctor gave me an antibiotic but I don't feel much better.
Answer by Ann K
Bronchitis is an infection in the bronchial tubes. Pneumonia is an infection in the lungs. Bronchitis causes phlegm in the throat and chest as well as pneumonia. Keep taking your prescribed medication. It sometimes takes a while for your body to rid itself of the infection. I'm sure your doctor knows what he's doing. If you have been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis, the cough will never really go away. It's something you'll always have.
Answer by k m
Bronchitis is the inflammation of the bronchial tubes and the bronchi that go into the lungs and pneumonia is in the lungs and where they fill with fluid. Your chest will feel heavy and hurt on movement and not just on breathing. Sometimes your chest will hurt on one side and feel"heavy" and you can definitely tell the difference.
Answer by spellingbee
Go in and get another refill on the antibiotic, or you may need a penicillin shot and another antibiotic. I get bronchitis all the time if I let a cold go, and I have a cough for several weeks after even after taking the antibiotic and feeling better.
Answer by Dixxie
With pneumonia you have fluid in the lungs.
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