In the 19th century, people with respiratory ailments went to the Swiss Alps or the sea shore in hopes for a cure.  Although most of my coughing and wheezing has faded away, my bronchial reactivity is not gone completely.  So I’m in Aruba for a week with my wife.
I have to admit that this on-and-off […]

I have acute bronchitis.  I’ve been too wiped out to to do anything but sleep (and cough and wheeze).  I’ve been using an albuterol inhaler and I’m now taking an antibiotic.  (Sticklers for evidence-based medicine, take note: in this case the antibiotic may be just a placebo.  [See Fahey T, Smucny J, Becker L, Glazier R. Antibiotics […]