Causes of Chronic Bronchitis and Description

Chronic Bronchitis Description

Description of chronic bronchitis is a permanent inflammation of the respiratory system. The World Health Organization (WHO), speaking of chronic bronchitis, when a patient in two consecutive years, occurring in at least three months following cough and sputum.

The most common cause of chronic bronchitis description is smoking, it happen in active smoker or passive smoker. 90 percent of people with chronic bronchitis are smokers or former smokers.

In Europe region especially Italy, Spain and Germany, estimated 10 up to 15 percent of adult men and eight percent of adult women affecting chronic bronchitis. In United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia also many people suffering chronic bronchitis. Accoring to description, chronic bronchitis disease incidence increases with rising age. Chronic bronchitis description, it’s one of most important causes of inability and disablement of work.

As subsequent diseases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) , a pulmonary emphysema, and may act chronic right ventricular failure (cor pulmonale) are formed.

Chronic Bronchitis Causes

Reconstruction of the pulmonary (lung change)

The cause of chronic bronchitis causes is a paralysis of the smallest cilia (Zillies) in the lungs. This transport usually the mucus and dirt from the lung. It also increases the number of mucus cells and enable the mucus quantity. In the early stages chronic bronchitis, the changes can still disappear (they are reversible).

With the time, the case of chronic bronchitis, but the cilia are destroyed and the entire mucosa (mucous membrane) of the lungs changed. The wall of the bronchi becomes thin and unstable. When enhanced Austamen can collapse the bronchi and the air passages narrow. From the chronic bronchitis has been a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed. Even if the wall structure of the Alveoli (alveolar destruction), it comes to lung emphysema.

Main cause of chronic bronchitis is smoking

The biggest risk factor for chronic bronchitis are the pollutants from cigarette smoke. About 90 percent people with a chronic bronchitis are smokers or former smokers. Progressing chronic bronchitis depends above all on how much smokes and since when someone smokes. Also the passive smoking appears to lung damage.

Also air pollution at the workplace (for example, dust load with miners) and a humid climate in the autumn and winter encouraging the emergence of chronic bronchitis. A rare cause is the lack of antibodies (antibody deficiency syndrome).