Other diseases with similar symptoms of Chronic Bronchitis: Infection Tuberculosis Lung Cancer Congestive Heart Failure

Chronic Bronchitis

Chronic bronchitis is an ongoing illness that can cause serious long-lasting lung problems. The signs and symptoms of chronic bronchitis are:

• A cough with mucus production that lasts at least for three months
• The productive cough is present for two years in a row

Of course other diseases must be excluded before chronic bronchitis can be diagnosed (see insert).