What is Chronic Bronchitis?Chronic Bronchitis is an infammation of the brochical tubes in your lungs. When the brochial tubes get irritated a thick coating of mucus forms. The mucus covers up the bronchial tubes and makes it much harder for air to pass through them. Because it is "chronic" bronchitis the condition lasts a long time. Chronic Bronchitis lasts more then three months, and often occurs with emphysema. The main cause of Chronic Bronchitis is cigarette smoking because the tobacco smoke irritates the airways. Being exposed to chemical fumes for a long time also can cause Chronic Bronchitis.
Symptoms:
-Coughing up mucus
-Having trouble breathing
-Chest feeling tight
-If you have had any of these symptoms for a long period of time
Body Systems Affected:
-Respiratory, because it irritates your bronchial tubes
-Immune, because it causes your body to become more suseptible to other infections because it has to fight off the Chronic Bronchitis
Sources:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/articles/280.html
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Homeostasis is disrupted because the body's process of breathing normally is challenged. The body must work harder in order to let air go trhough the bronchial tubes.
Poor diet, digestion and elimination can create an internal environment in the bronchial area that allows infection to more easily occur.
With the bronchial tube inflamed it is harder to supply the body with oxygen which also makes it harder for the organs in the body to receive the proper oxygen they need to functions properly
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