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bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi. the inflammatory response in the body occurs whenever there is an invasion by a foreign microbe, trauma or the immune system is activated. part of developing your pathophysiology for this case study is to find out what set off the "inflammatory response" switch (smoking, a microbe, ???) and then describe the inflammatory response (https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/histamine-effect-244836.html). for future reference, all infections and allergies also begin with and run concurrent with the inflammatory response which includes these four cardinal signs in the following order of appearance: redness, heat, swelling and pain.

the merck manual, the articles on emedicine, and family practice notebook will list the basic pathophysiology. you can get the links to these websites here: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/medical-disease-information-258109.html - medical disease information/treatment/procedures/test reference websites