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How Can A Chronic Bronchitis Cause Sudden Onset Of Breathing Difficulty?

I had a sudden onset of breathing difficulty - mainly difficulty exhaling. No cough. Tests ( CT Scan) showed mild chronic bronchitis. I'm confused - how can something chronic come as a sudden onset? How come there's no cough - just a thickening of the bronchus? I'm a non smoker
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Hi,Dear,Thanks for your query to HCM.
Dear I read your query and reviewed it with context to your query facts.
I understood your health concerns and feel Concerned about them.

Based on the facts of your query, you seem to suffer from-
Asthma with Bronchospasm from Chronic Bronchitis.
It presented with sudden onset breathing difficulty,as the disease process has been building up the bronchial thickening over a long time,due to the very nature of the bacteria?TB/ or could be due to good health with strong body defenceses,fighting the disease,which lately broke down the balancing bridge and has caused sudden bronchospasm,due to the triggering bacterial superadded infection- like Pulm TB with Bronchitis with superadded bacterial infection from other organisms like strepto/staph/ pneumonia /H.influenza etc due to seasonal variations in air.
Though you are non smoker many factors surrounding your living area create illness in lungs without any ones knowledge.
Chronic stress from chronic infection causes poor nutrition leading to nutritional and fluid stress which aggravates the sudden onset of Bronchospasm with Bronchitis due to the air allergen/chemicals which are abundant in air at any given plcce and time.
Hope this would help you to reduce worry with your problem.
Take care and wish you to recover fast and Live healthy.

Hope this reply would help you to plan further treatment with your family and specialist doctors there.

Welcome for any further query in this regard.

Good Day!!

Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist
M.S.Genl-CVTS
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How Can A Chronic Bronchitis Cause Sudden Onset Of Breathing Difficulty?

Hi,Dear,Thanks for your query to HCM. Dear I read your query and reviewed it with context to your query facts. I understood your health concerns and feel Concerned about them. Based on the facts of your query, you seem to suffer from- Asthma with Bronchospasm from Chronic Bronchitis. It presented with sudden onset breathing difficulty,as the disease process has been building up the bronchial thickening over a long time,due to the very nature of the bacteria?TB/ or could be due to good health with strong body defenceses,fighting the disease,which lately broke down the balancing bridge and has caused sudden bronchospasm,due to the triggering bacterial superadded infection- like Pulm TB with Bronchitis with superadded bacterial infection from other organisms like strepto/staph/ pneumonia /H.influenza etc due to seasonal variations in air. Though you are non smoker many factors surrounding your living area create illness in lungs without any ones knowledge. Chronic stress from chronic infection causes poor nutrition leading to nutritional and fluid stress which aggravates the sudden onset of Bronchospasm with Bronchitis due to the air allergen/chemicals which are abundant in air at any given plcce and time. Hope this would help you to reduce worry with your problem. Take care and wish you to recover fast and Live healthy. Hope this reply would help you to plan further treatment with your family and specialist doctors there. Welcome for any further query in this regard. Good Day!! Dr.Savaskar M.N. Senior Surgical Specialist M.S.Genl-CVTS