How to distinguish pneumonia and tracheitis

The difference between pneumonia and bronchitis is mainly in the following aspects. First, the lesion site. The lesion site of bronchitis is mainly inflammation of the trachea and the mucosa around the bronchi. Pneumonia is mainly inflammation involving the alveoli and lung interstitium. Second, the signs of auscultation are different. Bronchitis is mostly dry rales, sometimes wet rales can be heard. Patients with pneumonia can hear fixed wet rales in the lungs. Third, imaging examination is different, bronchitis patients, chest X-ray more performance for the increase of lung texture thickening. And pneumonia patients, chest X-ray performance for the patchy, patchy infiltration shadow, etc. It is recommended that patients show symptoms, timely to the regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment.