Chest pain when coughing can sometimes be a sign of a medical emergency like a heart attack. Acute bronchitis causes symptoms like coughing with mucus and chest soreness. GERD involves stomach acid ...

usually not indicated in healthy nonelderly adults in absence of vital sign abnormalities or asymmetric lung sounds may be warranted in patients with cough lasting > 3 weeks in absence of other known ...

About one in 20 people experience bronchitis every year, despite it being a respiratory infection no one wants. Its most common symptoms include wheezing, chest tightness, low fever, fatigue, ...

A quality measure reduced antibiotic use for patients with acute bronchitis but led to use of an alternative diagnosis, offsetting most of the observed improvement. To determine whether diagnostic ...

Q: A very close friend of mine has a bad case of bronchitis. Warm weather seems to help, but it's not a cure. Is there anything that can help? -- J.B., Monroe Township, N.J. A: The bronchi are the ...

We’ve all heard of bronchitis—and we've all heard bronchitis. The deep, rattling chest cough. The wheezing. The lingering congestion and mucus. Bronchitis symptoms like these are hard to ignore, even ...

Winter is prime time for the coughing, phlegm, fatigue, and general unpleasantness of acute bronchitis. Viruses are by far the most common cause of the illness, which typically goes away in a week or ...

Q I was recently sick with what I thought was the flu. I had a fever, sore throat and a terrible cough. I have asthma, so my husband insisted that I see our family doctor. She said that I did have the ...