He was suffering from chronic bronchitis.

他患有慢性支气管炎。

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Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are terms that are no longer used and are now included within the COPD diagnosis.

慢性支气管炎和肺气肿这类术语均不再使用，现已将其列入慢性阻塞性肺病诊断范围。

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Inflammation of the respiratory tract causes coughing, mucus secretion, aggravation of asthma and chronic bronchitis and makes people more prone to infections of the respiratory tract.

呼吸道的炎症导致咳嗽、粘液分泌、加重哮喘和慢性支气管炎并使人们更易患呼吸道感染。

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Smoking also causes forty-two percent of cases of chronic respiratory disease, including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.

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"Big deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth." Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, as well as asthmatic bronchitis.

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C.O.P.D.is a new name for emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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Not long after he arrived in Boston, he treated an Armenian woman for chronic bronchitis.

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Incidences of asthma, heart attacks, and chronic bronchitis are all higher in areas where the concentration of fine particulate matter is higher.

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