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chronic bronchitis

chronic bronchitis

For the past year I have been experiencing bronchitis and flu like symptoms such as fever, chest pain, cough with phlegm (recently sticky white), fatigue, wheezing, prolonged sinus infections, and last month diagnosed with a severe sinus infection as well as pneumonia. And usually go through weight loss of about 15-20 lbs when I am sick, then regaining about 2/3 of the weight when I feel better. These symptoms occur about every 4-6 weeks and last about 4-6 weeks for the past year and a half. They didn't occur until a month after I quit smoking about a pack a day for 5 years. I am a 22 year old female and until this past year I have been in relatively good health except for a few minor lung infections as a child. Am I likely to have chronic bronchitis and how is it diagnosed?
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yeah , that happened to me , I quit smoking and had all the stuff you mention , why ? I don't know , but I certainly felt better on the smokes than off em ....but eventually it will get better ...honest ...trust me , dont start smoking again or else soner or later you'll have to do it all again
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