Whats the difference between asthma and bronchitis?

I have asthma, but lately I have experience burning of the chest, chills, chest pains, shortness of breath and a hack. I am use to wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. I went to the doctor and she gave me an asthma treatment and this medicine called predisnone. It helped a little, but now my chest is burning. I also had a temperature of 99. Are asthma and bronchitis related?

Asthma is inflammation and constriction of the lower airways. Bronchitis is inflammation of the upper airway. In my years in the medical field, I have noticed that people with asthma are more prone to getting bronchitis than those whom do not have asthma.

With bronchitis, you usually cough up a lot of phlegm.

A temp of 99 is not really considered a temp. Most hospitals don’t consider it a critical temp until it is 103 or 104. I usually don’t give meds to my kids until it is 101 or 102. So 99 is not bad.

Now…asthma meds are known to cause heart burn or indigestion. So that is very possible what you have. The symptoms sound just like it. Are you belching a lot? If so,is there a foul odor with your belch?

I hope this helped. Message me, if you need more info. I will be super busy this weekend so I may not be on Yahoo Answers much but I will be checking my email.