# \*\*Cough cough\*\* Anyone else had this Death Bronchitis? \*Sniff\*

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 27, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cough-cough-anyone-else-had-this-death-bronchitis-sniff/787539 "2017-05-27T15:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cough-cough-anyone-else-had-this-death-bronchitis-sniff/787539/41 "2017-06-09T19:08:04Z")

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Well, mine turned into pleurisy. Mucinex let me down. I wondered why my lower back hurt, but figured it was old people aches. Nope, lungs. Still supposed to do the Mucinex, but now I have steroids, an inhaler and benzo for coughs.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cough-cough-anyone-else-had-this-death-bronchitis-sniff/787539/42 "2017-06-10T01:42:21Z")

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I am absolutely dumbfounded that doctors can pinpoint what you have by different sounds they hear in different areas of your torso. Does pleurisy have a distinct timber? Does pneumonia have a different “wheeze” than _mere_ bronchitis? What makes pneumonia “walking”? How do you tell a viral infection from a bacterial one by sound? Or, is it just by sound?

I think the good doctors have psychic abilities. They shine on. 😉

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