Hello, I'm Selena and I have been suffering from recurring bronchitis for over four years.



Maybe you have also experienced this:


An unpleasant, persistent cough and an ugly mucus that accumulates in the trachea.



Plus, the feeling of being unable to breathe deeply and constantly having to gasp for air.



Until two years ago, I had exactly these complaints with my bronchitis.



Since then, things have gotten significantly worse.

The coughing fits, which were so intense that I felt dizzy, bothered me.



These coughing fits not only bothered me, but also others around me.



And even simple things like climbing stairs were a challenge for me, because I immediately became short of breath.


The coughing fits also kept me awake at night, as a result of which I became tired and exhausted during the day.



The whole thing often lasted a few weeks and then got worse before slowly getting better.



But the worst thing was the frequency of my bronchitis – I struggled with bronchitis several times a year.

In autumn and winter, it was often very bad.

And even the medication from my doctor had little effect.

You know how desperate that is? Constantly being sick and feeling weak.

It even got to the point that I infected my daughter and she too was sick for weeks.

Looking back, that was a moment in which I found a solution for my bronchitis.

How did I come to this discovery, and what does it mean?

I've always had the problem that I constantly got bronchitis.



For me, it was normal and I had made peace with it.



But then the bronchitis got so bad that it became part of my daily life - I knew it couldn't go on like this any longer.

I often couldn’t sleep at night because my coughing fits woke me up or because I was having trouble breathing.



My husband also suffered from this, and neither of us slept well.



The next day, we were exhausted and my body could not regenerate sufficiently.



This then led to my bronchitis lasting longer – a real vicious circle.



Even simple tasks like shopping suddenly became torture.



I just no longer had the energy for it.

And when I finally brought myself to go shopping, I found it unpleasant having to cough constantly.



I tried every urge to cough to suppress - and when I coughed, I immediately felt the looks of others.



I always heard the same thing from my doctor: “Rest and take your medicine.”



The only problem was that the medications didn't really help.



Cough suppressants (antitussives), for example.

My doctor prescribed this to suppress my cough reflex.



The problem here is that they were not fighting the inflammation or excess mucus.



They only suppressed the cough, which can actually hinder the healing process.



As I later learned, they also worsened my fatigue and slowed my recovery.



It is similar to salbutamol (Ventolin).



Although it can dilate the airways and relieve symptoms in the short-term, it doesn’t treat the underlying symptoms of bronchitis, like inflammation or infection.



It slows down ​​the healing process, because the inflammation does not go away.

And then there are the common side effects, like headaches, tremors, increased heart rate, dizziness, and insomnia.



Medication is usually not the best solution...



It took many years and a lot of pain before I finally understood this.



It got to the point where I infected my loved ones with bronchitis.


First my husband and then my little daughter.



That was just before her school trip.



So I called her class teacher to tell her that unfortunately, Emma couldn't go.

We got to talking and it turned out that the class teacher's husband was a pulmonologist.

She told me that her husband often treated bronchitis patients effectively.

She kindly offered to take us to the her husband's practice.

We did exactly that day.

This way the game-changing doctor's appointment.

Oliver, the pulmonologist, welcomed us warmly to his practice and I explained to him that I was susceptible to bronchitis.



He got straight to the point and said he had observed the symptoms and causes of bronchitis in his patients for years.


He discovered that there was one trigger for bronchitis that many people overlook.



After evaluating hundreds of studies, his suspicions were confirmed.



But to understand the hidden trigger, you must first understand what exactly bronchitis and bronchi are.



Oliver explained it to me very well:

Bronchi are basically the airways to the lungs.

Their main task: producing slime, which contains dirt particles, dust, and pathogens, captured from the air we inhale.

This protects the bronchi and the lungs against pollutants and infections.

In bronchitis, the bronchi are inflamed and much more mucus is needed for protection.

The body then responds by coughing to lose the slime.