Question: This is a question for a respiratory specialist please.
I used to be a light smoker with no prior coughing, wheezing problem or mucus. I quit 6 months ago and have always had clear chest xrays. I got a cold which became acute bronchitis and lasted for 2 weeks. Never had before but was pretty standard in symptoms and duration. Even though that is long gone I have been left with a wheeze and tickle in throat. As I said I never had any problem and doctors said I had no indication of smoking damage when I quit. At time of acute bronchitis I had xray which said mild airway inflammation and peribronchial wall thickening which I was told was normal for acute bronchitis.
Anyway GP said lungs sound clear but the wheeze is faint on inhaling and exhaling so not in lungs. I think it is my throat as I have tickly cough and loud wheeze if I exhale hard. I have tried all medication and nothing stops the wheezing. What is causing this only following bronchitis? I don't know if it is normal or suddenly I got a smoking disease on the day I got a virus? Surely no lung disease would literally start one day from a virus yet no sign the day before (3 GPS listened to my chest after xray and said sounds normal) so it can't be serious especially only began with bronchitis.
One other thing which may be useful is that all my life I have never been able to exhale much. I couldn't swim, blow balloons, candles, sing, blow a musical instrument and much more. This was from a toddler to now (42) and is clearly unrelated to smoking as basically born like that. I have been told it is due to breathing incorrectly (rapidly, shallow) so I have never had a great peak flow but all other breathing scores are normal only exhaling. When I was 10 my gp at the time also said I breathe incorrectly. Not sure why I did that all my life and it wouldn't have any bearing on new wheeze as didn't wheeze before.

I sometimes think I feel a random rattle but have once or twice over years but I can't feel where it is from. Wheezing just begins out of blue even if sitting (only since bronchitis though). GP says can't hear any wheeze in lungs and sound normal. He says must be in larynx from allergy. No problem swallowing. Do have bronchospasm when near irritants ie paint, perfume, detergents, wine and champagne etc and these cause throat to tighten, difficulty breathing, coughing and wheezing but goes after a few minutes. Do have deviated septum which often causes accumulation of mucus in throat and tickly dry cough. Initially given 2 scripts Rulide and two Augmentin forte, then Symbicort and codeine linctus. None help wheeze though. As a child in addition to the poor exhalation which I always have done I did have croup and asthma, excess and hayfever but grew out of except bronchospasm. As well as wheeze I have had regular pins and needles in my legs again only since had bronchitis. No swelling. No productive cough ever.

Was only given peak flow machine since bronchitis and usually is 400 out of 700. I did spirometry test which was 1% under LLN but dr said ok because was during worst stage in bronchitis and said would be in normal range when better. As I said I have never exhaled properly as I get out of breath so inhale and exhale shallow (since born). Do get anxiety too and see psychologist for that. Would a bout of bronchitis cause asthma to start? Would it be temporary or permanent? Would any other reason suddenly occur the first day I got bronchitis? I was actually feeling 100% the day before and the next morning was really sick, sob, fever, mucus but fine before.And this is the time I have had bronchitis or chest infection normally upper Resp dry cough in past

Yes well the bronchitis began from paint smell for a week which irritated my throat and then went to chest.
If asthma are there any other symptoms?
And you definitely do t think a smoking disease would suddenly occur like this or following bronchitis?