29 jun. 2025 · It isn't contagious, but it means your airways are inflamed for a long time with symptoms that last at least three months and come back over a period of two years.

2 nov. 2025 · Bronchitis, especially if it’s viral, can be contagious from just hours after you’ve been exposed and long before you develop symptoms. Because of this, there’s a good number of …

24 jan. 2025 · Is acute bronchitis contagious? Yes. Acute bronchitis is contagious. Most of the time, acute bronchitis is caused by any one of many viruses. These viruses can quickly spread …

8 sep. 2022 · Bronchitis itself — inflammation of your airways — isn’t contagious, but the viruses and bacteria that can cause it are. For instance, if you’re sick with the flu, you might get …

6 nov. 2025 · People with acute bronchitis from a virus are contagious for a few days up to a week. You’re most contagious in the first several days of illness, so it’s important to stay home …

26 feb. 2024 · Bronchitis is most often caused by a respiratory infection that can make you cough and wheeze and make it harder to breathe. Bronchitis itself is not contagious, but the viruses …

12 mrt. 2025 · Chronic bronchitis caused by environmental irritants, for instance, is not contagious. But acute or viral bronchitis is.

24 feb. 2025 · Bronchitis in and of itself is not contagious – but the viruses that cause bronchitis are. The viruses can be contagious through the respiratory droplets of the infected person, and …

Acute bronchitis is infectious, typically developing from viral infections like the common cold or influenza. Viruses like rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, and influenza commonly trigger this …

4 aug. 2023 · Bronchitis, or the infection causing it, can easily spread from person to person.