Dr. Bendre Chest Clinic

Asthma is a disease in which inflammation of the airways causes airflow into and out of the lungs to be restricted.

When an asthma attack occurs, the muscles of the bronchial tree become tight and the lining of the air passages swells, reducing airflow and producing the characteristic wheezing sound. Mucus production is increased.

Most people with asthma have periodic wheezing attacks separated by symptom-free periods. Some asthmatics have chronic shortness of breath with episodes of increased shortness of breath. Other asthmatics may have cough as their predominant symptom.

Asthma attacks can last minutes to days, and can become dangerous if the airflow becomes severely restricted.

Bronchi are tubes that connect the wind pipe (trachea) to the lungs. Bronchitis is inflammation (swelling) of the lining of these tubes (bronchi). Acute Bronchitis is generally caused by Viral Respiratory infections and typically appears just as the symptoms of the initial infection are waning.

These viral infections may be caused by any number of respiratory viruses including the rhinoviruses which cause the common cold.

Patients with bronchitis may experience cough, fever. Patients are generally treated with  antibiotics / bronchodilators and depending on the general health may or may nor require admission to the hospital.

It is the infection of the lungs caused by organisms like bacteria / viruses/ fungi or parasites. It can also be because of aspiration of vomitus or foreign substance.

In pneumonia the airsacs (alveoli) get inflamed (swollen) and get filled with a sticky substance called mucus. If the infection is mild , the patient can be treated on opd basis.

Pneumonia can range from mild to severe, even fatal. The severity depends on the type of organism causing pneumonia as well as your age and underlying health.

However , sometimes the infection can make a person very sick and may even lead to death.