The medical definition of inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the airways to the lungs is bronchitis. This condition can occur in acute and chronic expressions and is usually caused by the same viruses that cause colds, laryngitis, and influenza.
Symptoms:
• Fever
• Painful cough with glutinous yellow sputum
• Difficult Breathing
• Wheezing
The symptoms are aggravated by cold damp air and environmental irritants. Recovery can occur in about ten days but if immune resistance low it can become chronic and dangerous.
Conventional treatment is limited:
• Antibiotics only if bacterial infection
• Bronchodilator drugs
• Cough suppressants
Homeopathy treatment conditions and remedies:
• Dry, stabbing, painful cough, headache, great thirst, Bryonia 30C
• Tight, dry, tickling cough, pale look, anxious, wants reassured ,frequent water, Phosphorus 6C
• Sudden attack with dry, staccato cough, fever, worse cold dry air, chilly, restless, anxious, Aconite 30C
• In the elderly a rattling in the chest and too weak to cough up, Antimonium tart. 6C
• Sudden onset, high temperature, pounding headache, flushed face, worse night, Belladonna 30C
• Nausea, vomiting, suffocating feeling in chest, Ipecac 6C
• String Phlegm, difficulty coughing up, worse 4-5AM Kali Bichrom 6C
• Gasping for air, cold and clammy, wants to be fanned, elderly Carbo veg. 6C
• Coughing causes involuntary passing of urine, Causticum 6C
• Choking, chilly, irritable, cough, worse uncovering, Hepar sulph. 6C
As in all medical practice success is guessing right. At time my second or third choice worked. Most of these remedies are found in a standard homeopathic remedy kit that should be on hand in every household. The remedies can be found in most health food outlets and having them on hand when needed stops trips to an MD office.
Chronic inflammation of the membrane linings can lead to serious illness. That issue chiefly affects people over fifty, three times as many men as women. The causes are varied:
• Smoking
• Air Pollution
• Cold damp weather
• Obesity
Complications:
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Emphysema
• Pneumonia
• Heart failure
• Cancer
You can help yourself avoid these death dealing issues:
• Use homeopathic remedies
• Stop smoking, avoid smoke filled atmospheres, and chemical inhalation
• Raise phlegm with steam from boiling water, or humidifier
• Stay quiet, use hot water bottle on chest
• Drink large quantities of hot drinks
• Regular supplementation of vitamin B, C, A, and Zinc
• Avoid refined carbohydrates
For some even changing locations and jobs has been necessary to avoid the devastation of chronic bronchitis. My tendency to this condition was greatly improved as I adopted natural alternative health care into my lifestyle.
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