What does it mean when you're told bronchitis has "settled"?!
Question: I'm asthmatic and have had a few attacks lately. I'm already on a list of preventatives (Symbicort, Spiriva, Singulair and I take Albuterol as well.) A week ago, I was coughing and coughed up one ball of yellow phlegm the size of a quarter. That was the only time I coughed something up though. Have been having a hard time breathing lately and have had a few asthma attacks. Saw the doctor and he said that it could be that bronchitis has "settled". Should have asked him what that meant, but does anyone know what that means?
Answers: I'm asthmatic and have had a few attacks lately. I'm already on a list of preventatives (Symbicort, Spiriva, Singulair and I take Albuterol as well.) A week ago, I was coughing and coughed up one ball of yellow phlegm the size of a quarter. That was the only time I coughed something up though. Have been having a hard time breathing lately and have had a few asthma attacks. Saw the doctor and he said that it could be that bronchitis has "settled". Should have asked him what that meant, but does anyone know what that means?
Ordinarily when someone says a respiratory infection has settled, they mean it's now primarily in the lungs and no longer at the point of origin (sinuses, bronchi, throat, whatever).