I used to get bronchitis everytime I got sick. Not so much since I quit smoking. It's always the same stages in the same order for me everytime I get sick.
Maybe some post-nasal drip which starts the sore throat. Then moves more into my head, stuffiness, blowing nose, sneezing, headaches, etc. Then moves into my chest with coughing and eventual bronchitis and in bad cases, nasal infection. This sickness has done the same but a bit more mildly with no bronch, atp.