Chest Congestion
You may feel your chest full or clogged due to inflammation and accumulation of excess lung secretions in the air passages. Furthermore, the narrowing of spaces between bronchioles makes it difficult to transport air from the upper respiratory tract to lower. This leads to chest congestion or a feeling most commonly describe by acute bronchitis patients as chest tightness.
It can be worse in the morning due to an overnight accumulation of mucus secretions. Taking a steam bath and bronchodilators may relieve the condition within 2-3 days. Chest tightness can also develop as a cardiac complication of acute or chronic bronchitis.