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Linda Hentz knows more than she wants to about bronchitis.
"It's not a fun thing to have," said Hentz. "I start out feel like I'm gonna get a cold. Then it goes into my chest and then I cough and cough."
Hentz has suffered through the bronchial tube inflamation many times over the years and doctors at Summit Medical Center are already seeing cases this season.
"The Thanksgiving weekend was particularly busy," said Dr. Brad Hoover.
As much trouble as bronchitis is causing though, Dr. Hoover says the bigger concern may be the flu.
Flu season doesn't usually arrive until January or February and the hospital ER is already seeing cases.
"I predict it's gonna be a worse year than we've seen in the past two years," said Hoover. "We start seeing even this early it generally indicates it's gonna be a heavy year for the flu since we did see that."
The flu and bronchitis do have similar symptoms.
Here's a good way to tell them apart.
Bronchitis patients have cough and congestion symptoms.
Flu patients have those along with a fever of 101 degrees or more, muscle aches and vomiting.
Important symptoms to know as both bronchitis and the flu are here and sending people to the emergency room for treatment.
"You can't control it by yourself. I've tried that and it doesn't work," said Hoover.
"It's not a fun thing to have," said Hentz. "I start out feel like I'm gonna get a cold. Then it goes into my chest and then I cough and cough."
Hentz has suffered through the bronchial tube inflamation many times over the years and doctors at Summit Medical Center are already seeing cases this season.
"The Thanksgiving weekend was particularly busy," said Dr. Brad Hoover.
As much trouble as bronchitis is causing though, Dr. Hoover says the bigger concern may be the flu.
Flu season doesn't usually arrive until January or February and the hospital ER is already seeing cases.
"I predict it's gonna be a worse year than we've seen in the past two years," said Hoover. "We start seeing even this early it generally indicates it's gonna be a heavy year for the flu since we did see that."
The flu and bronchitis do have similar symptoms.
Here's a good way to tell them apart.
Bronchitis patients have cough and congestion symptoms.
Flu patients have those along with a fever of 101 degrees or more, muscle aches and vomiting.
Important symptoms to know as both bronchitis and the flu are here and sending people to the emergency room for treatment.
"You can't control it by yourself. I've tried that and it doesn't work," said Hoover.
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 09:40 PM CST
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Hungry TennCare eating more of state budget
May 24, 2013 16:56 GMT
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- State Treasurer David Lillard says expanding health care costs could absorb funding the state used to spend on other needs.
The Jackson Sun (http://bit.ly/16eqTpT ) reported Lillard talked about the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on Tennessee finances as he spoke to the West Tennessee Association of Health Underwriters on Thursday.
Lillard noted the state budget that goes into effect July 1 contains $391 million in new revenue and more than $300 million of that will be consumed by TennCare.
Lillard said support for higher education could further erode as a result. In 1990, state revenue funded more than half the cost of state universities. That percentage has already declined to about 38 percent and could be further reduced.
Information from: The Jackson Sun, http://www.jacksonsun.com
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