<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to all who responded to my query. It seems that I am not alone with this problem. Most of the responses were from people suffering from the same and wanting copies of the responses. Some from former sufferers with solutions they have tried. Here are the highlights: I have had some luck with a supplement called "NAC" for my bronchitis. It was prescribed by my naturopath and I believe it is gf if you get it from the Vitamin Shoppe catalog (at least they say it is!) I used to get bronchitis every time I took a plane trip. Then I read a letter from a doctor in Consumer Reports, telling of how the same thing happened to his wife. He recommended sipping on Robitussen Expectorant. I followed his advice, and start sipping on a small bottle about 15 minutes before boarding. By the time I reached my destination, about 6 hours later, I had drunk about 4 oz, and no bronchitis! I have used this method several times, and it always works. The plane is so dry that the tissues of the throat need to be moistened. If this doesn't apply to you, you might try the zinc lozenges that have been mentioned on the list. (Beware of zinc lozenges that are sweetened with rice syrup as they sometimes use barley enzymes to produce the rice syrup) Before I was diagnosed I had bronchitis for four years straight (no breaks). Before those four years I would get it twice a week. However, since diagnosis I haven't had it once, unless I eat something containing unknwon gluten. I have had alot of trouble this year with viral respiratory disease. This is the worst year that I have had in recent memory. I don't know about other areas of the country, but here in Oregon's Willamette Valley the viruses have been at almost epidemic levels. They last several weeks, take a couple of days off, then hit you again for another round. Because I have also had lifelong asthma, my doctor has me on a fairly strong regimen of prednisone right now. I don't know if this has any relationship to celiac disease other than our immune systems are probably much more susceptible to diseases. Hope you feel better soon. I, too, had recurring bronchitis until a Dr. told me that I have asthma (at first I didn't believe him) and put me on a low dose inhaler. I haven't had bronchitis since and this was about five years ago. You might want to check that possibility out. My 6 year old celiac son has asthma. His anemia was discovered at the same time he had his 1st really big attack of asthma that landed him in the hospital at age 2, but it wasn't until almost age 3 that he was diagnosed as celiac. Then the anemia made sense. IMHO, it's all connected: a weakened immune system that makes you chronically vulnerable to all sorts of things - like asthma. You are probably run down from the lack of uptake of nutrients courtesy of CD, which undoubtedly you are aware of. It would probably be prudent for you to visit a naturalpath and find out if you are in need of certain vitamin and mineral supplements, as I read that this is important for CD sufferers until their bowels have recovered adequately to make the most of their food. I was prescribed the herbal tablet `echinacea' and the tablet `chloride' to clear up my perpetually swollen lymph nodes under my ears, and it worked wonderfully, so maybe you would like to look into that too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Warren Blacksburg, VA "The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman." - Jonathan Swift (1738), Polite Conversation