When Elliot engages in intense exercise, particularly in cold weather or during allergy season, his bronchial tubes fill with mucus and contract. This causes him to cough and have serious breathing difficulties. Elliot has
A) nocturnal enuresis.
B) asthma.
C) emphysema.
D) bronchitis.

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Elliot's symptoms of bronchial tubes filling with mucus and contracting during exercise point towards asthma, which is a chronic respiratory condition characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways. Nocturnal enuresis refers to bedwetting, emphysema is a disease of the lungs that causes shortness of breath and bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi (air passages).

When Elliot Engages in Intense Exercise, Particularly in Cold Weather