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Bronchitis
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Also known as: bronchial inflammation · tracheobronchitis · cough with phlegm · respiratory infection · bronchial disease · acute bronchitis · chronic bronchitis · cough with mucus · chest cold · deep-seated cough
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It begins with a scratch, deep behind the sternum. Then the cough — first dry, then productive, then relentless. Your bronchi are burning. Every breath feels like air passing over an open wound. Mucus rises, thick and viscous, as though something has lodged itself in your airways and refuses to drain.
Medically, bronchitis is an inflammation of the larger airways — those channels between the trachea and the alveoli through which life flows with every breath. Viruses, bacteria, irritants — the usual suspects. But if you look deeper, another layer reveals itself. Because inflammation is never merely inflammation. It is the expression of a friction that has been building up. And mucus is never merely mucus. It is condensed energy that has found no other way out.
Bronchitis is not subtle. It is loud, it is palpable, it interrupts your ability to function. And that, precisely, is its purpose.
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