Bronchitis... - Lung & Respiratory Disorders / COPD Message Board

-Art · 05-09-2003, 09:23 AM

First of all I'm totally new to this group and not sure if this subject is appropriate for this group. I tend to get bronchitis once or twice a year and wondering if I can do things to help prevent it? Nutritional supplements? Tea? Exercise? Any helpful advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

-Art

wrin · 05-11-2003, 03:23 AM

Welcome!

I've not personally heard of any supplements or nutritional recommendations that I've heard of that have helped me avoid my yearly bout of bronchitis.

I think my advice would be to try and figure out if your bronchitis is caused by the same thing every time -- is it viral, is it bacterial, or does it usually follow allergies? I took years and years worth of antibiotics before figuring out my bronchitis happened at the same time every single year, was never contagious, and was never helped by the antibiotics. I found getting my allergies under control helped this greatly!

HRATL · 05-26-2003, 01:58 PM

I used to get it too especially when I would party all night in the winter with bundling up...I'm 44 now and haven't partied for so long and haven't have a bout with it..Also supplements work wonders.