Other names: cough, pertussis, cough, cough without sputum, cough without expectoration
Coughing is a physiological protective mechanism for the removal of foreign material from the respiratory tract, thereby safeguarding their patency. We distinguish between dry cough (irritant)cough and wet (or if productive – with mucus production).
Dry cough occurs most frequently after inhalation eg. Food (typical choke) or irritants (smoke, dust, inhalation of irritating vapors) and is the most common symptom of the initial phase of upper respiratory tract infections. It is mostly about viral infections that do not give antibiotics, which only require bed rest, plenty of vitamins and medicines for coughing up mucus (then the cough becomes productive), or cough medicines – called. Antitussives (containing codeine, but and antitussives non-kodein type). It is used only for dry cough, a patient who weighs heavily on until exhausted, and that does not point to remove mucus, or is actually ineffective.
Firstly, it is always preferred drugs for coughing up phlegm (expectorants) and only if you do not work, they give themselves antitussives. You can also try inhaling eucalyptus oil or thyme.
Dry cough may be in addition to viral infections have serious symptom of diseases – lung cancer,sarcoidosis, congestive heart failure, or is due to side effects of medications (especially the so-called. ACE inhibitors, which are given for chronic heart failure or to reduce high blood pressure). If the cough in this case very annoying, then it is necessary to consult the administration of the drug with a doctor who prescribes it for you to choose any alternative. Coughing can be a nerve-psychological in origin – hysteria and nervous instability.
Unpleasant is paroxysmal coughing which can cause up to a short-term loss of consciousness(fainting, syncope) because of the increase in intrathoracic pressure during coughing at the same time reducing venous return to the heart. Strenuous coughing can cause a fracture of the ribs, even if the ribs are affected by osteoporosis (thinning of the bones in older people, particularly women) or even pneumothorax and abdominal hernia.
Therefore, longer-lasting intense coughing, you should contact your doctor.
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