At night, I'd awake with a cough caused, I think, by bronchitis. Between coughs, I had a problem inhaling. But then I noticed that if I just cleared my mind, paused, and took conscious control over the breathing, I breathed normally. Later I noticed that I was doing a lot of reflexive swallowing after each cough presumably to get mucous out of my airway. That would normally follow a cough, I think, because a cough would move mucous into the throat. But a cough exhales a lot of air and it would also be normal to inhale immediately after a cough in preparation for the next cough. I don't believe that swallowing and inhalation can occur at the same time; hence the difficulty. This also explains why conscious control works; then I'd do just one at a time, swallowing or inhalation but not both. I have much less problem now. Could this explain some breathing problems associated with bronchitis or asthma?
2006-10-03
15:29:43
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Ron G
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Respiratory Diseases