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Symptoms of Bronchitis

The symptoms of acute bronchitis usually develop quickly over 24-48 hours and may include:

• An irritating, persistent cough that is at first dry but later with increasing production of clear sputum.
• Central chest pain on coughing.· Breathlessness, tightness of the chest and wheezing.
• Slight fever.
• Blood-streaked sputum is fairly common and does not necessarily, or even usually, mean that something potentially life-threatening is happening. In about 80 per cent of cases it is a sign of bronchitis.

Those with a long-term heart or lung disease or those who cough up discoloured sputum, indicating a secondary infection, should contact the GP.

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