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How can bronchitis become chronic?

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Acute bronchitis is rarely serious in otherwise healthy adults but it can be dangerous in infants children or adults who suffer from underlying respiratory disease especially emphysema. It may subside or particularly with continued exposure to irritants may persist and progress to chronic bronchitis or pneumonia.

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