Do You Often Get Cough Problem?

Often cough is considered an infection that is caused due to sore throat or cold. But its real causes are still not known to all! Following are few of those categorized in acute and chronic causes.

Acute causes

• Upper respiratory infections: This is the most common causes out of all.

• Lower respiratory tract infections: Though less common, but can put adverse effects on health and serious lung infection (pneumonia).

• Asthma: Breathlessness in cold air and during exercise is a symptom of Asthma, which leads cough.

• Irritants: Any fumes like of smoke or chemical when gets into airways causes cough infection.

Chronic causes due to

• Postnasal drip: Mucus from nose when gets on the throat causes postnasal drip.

• Acid reflux: Stomach usually washes up the food pipe by an acid, which when get spilled into the airways causes chronic cough to people.

• Asthma: Likewise, asthma causes acute health issues; it can also lead to chronic cough as well.

• Medications: Few medicines like angiotensin, inhibitor medicines that are used to treat high blood pressure are also a reason behind the occurrence of cough.

• Lung disease: Cough and breathlessness if isn’t treated at right time can steadily worsen the health of an individual.

• TB: This is the most health hazard problem, if cough stays for a long time. It comes under the red flag symptom (serious condition).

• Lung cancer: Likewise TB, this is serious issue for people who having smoking habit.

• Other lung conditions: Other conditions like whooping cough, cystic fibrosis and emphysema is also a reason behind chronic cough.

Usually people, tend to neglect it because their ideology is that such issues have no serious outcomes. But it’s their myth! Such problem lead to serious health issues like: coughing up blood, weight loss, night sweats and breathlessness.

There are many ways to treat cough. But the treatment process would depend on the cause (acute or chronic).

People suffering from this are told by the doctors of walk in clinic NYC to do the following things:

• Stop smoking

• If you are asthma patient, you would be told to use inhaler

• Antibiotics would be recommended

• In order to reduce reflux acid, losing weight, cutting out acid foods and alcohol is recommended. 

• At times when throat feels soar, paracetamol or ibuprofen and fluids should be taken.

• Over the counter medications should be avoided as cough can lead to serious health issues as well.

• Codeine is recommended to stop coughing.