Here's what causes bronchitis, how the illness usually spreads and how you can treat symptoms if it affects you or a loved ...

Feeling tired or exhausted is common, as your body fights inflammation and struggles to breathe properly due to restricted airways.

Your cough can taste bad for many reasons. When a metallic taste is paired with coughing, you may have an upper respiratory infection like a cold. This can cause your phlegm to contain traces of ...

Phlegm, which the lungs produce, is very similar to mucus and may also indicate a health issue. A person will often cough up phlegm when viruses, bacteria, or unwanted — possibly cancerous ...

Around 20% to 25% of individuals with rapidly declining FEV 1 /FVC trajectories experienced wheezing and usual phlegm/bronchitis as adolescents/young adults, according to results published in The ...

“Without timely intervention, patients risk developing conditions such as bronchitis or pneumonia, where mucus build-up can impair lung function,” he adds. Mucolytics, a group of ...