Why dry cough?

Why does not a dry cough go away? Causes of dry cough in children and adults

Coughing is a reflex, just like breathing itself. And his appearance indicates that there was some kind of pathogen - allergic, infectious, viral, that is, the cause of dry cough, serious or not, which causes irritation in the respiratory tract and causes the body to clear them of the - allergen, infection, virus or foreign body.

Cough itself is not a disease, it is a symptom of over 50 different diseases or allergic manifestations, from common cold to tuberculosis, oncology, bronchial asthma or heart disease. Most often, a dry cough lasts for several days, moving into productive, moist with sputum, but can sometimes be prolonged. The duration of dry cough is divided into:

• Acute - which after a few days passes into the wet or passes
• Prolonged - which lasts from 3 weeks to 3 months
• Chronic - which lasts more than 3 months.

Let's see why the dry cough does not last a long time, which diseases are the cause of dry cough.

The main causes of dry cough associated with the respiratory system

The most common causes of dry cough are inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, which are caused by viruses and pathogenic bacteria.

In this case, a strong organism with a strong immune system cope on its own, and if the immune response the virus or infection is weakened, then antibiotics or antiviral drugs come in for ARVI and influenza.

When parainfluenza and the flu should always consult a doctor, as these are very insidious diseases, which recently become very aggressive, leading to a mass of complications. How to distinguish the flu from ARVI read in our article.

If during the acute respiratory viral infection, flu or other infectious disease, a dry cough does not last for a long time, it can be caused by:

• firstly because the immune system in a person is significantly weakened
• Secondly, that there are provoking factors that affect the duration of dry cough, they include: smoking and drinking alcohol, very dry air in the room and taking in insufficient amounts of fluids for cold or viral disease.
• thirdly, the attachment of a secondary infection or complication after a viral disease, when bacterial bronchitis, pneumonia, tracheitis, pharyngitis develops, etc.

Diseases of the pleura and lungs can also be accompanied by a dry, painful cough - pneumonia, pleurisy. Most often there is a high fever, shortness of breath, chest pain.

Atypical forms of pneumonia

It should also be borne in mind that a prolonged cough can be a consequence of mycoplasma and chlamydia, these pathogens microorganisms can cause atypical pneumonia, bronchitis, which can occur for a long time, periodically recur. To differentiate the pathogen that caused pneumonia or bronchitis, you can take a blood test using ELISA.

Pertussis, measles, false croup

Pertussis can cause dry cough in children, and in adults. Pertussis is considered to be a childhood infectious disease, although vaccinations have reduced cases of whooping cough among children, but they occur, in addition, weakened adults also sometimes recorded cases of whooping cough. With this disease, a convulsive cough is so severe that it often leads to vomiting. In this case, you should take antitussive remedies for dry cough, such as Sinekod, Libeksin, Bronholitin, and others.

In addition to pertussis, among childhood diseases characterized by a strong dry cough, measles and false groats can be identified. Measles, other than cough, is also characterized by rashes on the skin and mucous membranes (see Fig. symptoms of measles in children). With false croup, the vocal cords, larynx, trachea and bronchi are involved in the inflammation process, so it is characterized by a barking cough. This disease is more likely to affect children under 3 years old.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a formidable disease that has also been epidemic in recent years, not only among low-income as it is commonly believed, but also among the wealthy strata of the population, with the development of favorable factors for its progression. Constant nervous tension, stressful situations, lack of adequate nutrition and good rest, fascination various depleting diets, can lead to the development of tuberculosis even among businessmen and high social status.

By 20-30 years it is believed that each person is infected with a stick of Koch, but a strong immune system copes with it. It is only necessary to weaken the body and mycobacterium tuberculosis can become more active and cause pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary forms.

As for the dry cough, it can be caused by tuberculosis of the lungs, bronchi or trachea, larynx. It begins with a dry, unproductive cough, obtrusive coughing, weakness, while body temperature rarely is more than 3, -3, most often it rises to low-grade figures and only in the evening.

Tuberculosis can be the cause of dry cough in adults, as well as in children, which is especially dangerous, as tuberculosis today is not the tuberculosis that was 40 years ago. Now a large number of drug-resistant forms of this terrible disease are registered, which require a longer and expensive treatment, and in combination with other chronic illnesses in the patient or HIV infection lead to lethal outcome.

Laryngitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis

are also frequent causes of dry cough. With pharyngitis, the mucous pharynx is involved in the inflammatory process, and with laryngitis, the mucous larynx is involved. Both these diseases are both acute and chronic, cough while it is dry, barking, exhausting, intensifying at night. With frequent inhalation of dusty air, dry, cold, and also in the presence of irritating gases and vapors in the air, tracheitis can develop - both acute and chronic. There is also a painful dry cough.

Diseases of ENT organs

Against the backdrop of various diseases of the nasopharynx, such as sinusitis, sinusitis, or chronic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, the appearance of night dry cough is due to the syndrome of postnasal swelling. When these diseases acquire a chronic course, not infrequently, the mucus that is separated from the nasal sinuses begins to flow down the back wall of the pharynx, it irritates the cough receptors in the tracheobronchial tree. This cough may seem productive and moist, since nasal mucus is released during cough, but this cough should be considered dry.

Oncological diseases of respiratory organs

Cancer of the bronchi, lungs, trachea, throat cancer, and mediastinal organs (organs located between the sternum and the spine - the heart, bronchi, aorta, etc.). If the dry cough does not persist for a long time, it worries both day and night, as soon as possible, turn to doctor, blood test, X-ray of lungs, according to indications, MRI of mediastinal organs, bronchoscopy, oncolikers. With any chronic cough it is necessary to find out the exact cause of its appearance, for today the oncological tension is getting stronger, cancer appears even in young people, and everyone knows that the timely detection of cancer increases the chances of recovery or significant prolongation of life.

Only on the basis of the examination the doctor can not establish the cause of a protracted cough - this is not possible, therefore it is necessary to pass the tests and pass several examinations according to the indications - blood test, sputum, spirography, spirometry, X-ray, bronchoscopy, bodipletizmography, tussography, MRI, CT.

Causes of dry cough, not associated with inflammatory processes of the respiratory system

Allergic cough

In recent decades, the number of people suffering from various allergic reactions has increased significantly among the Russian population, especially in children. Almost all children today have any allergic reactions, if not food allergy, so allergy to dust, wool, pollen, ticks, etc. Pollinosis - a seasonal allergy to the pollen of flowering plants, which appears in spring and summer, has a hay fever very a large number of people, it is manifested by sneezing, runny nose, tearing, itching mucous and dry allergic cough.

Bronchial asthma

a very common disease, characterized by a chronic, painful dry cough and attacks of suffocation. This disease can not be considered only a disease of the bronchi, it is a serious pathology, which is associated with a general violation of immunity, nervous system and allergy.

The impact of toxic substances in everyday life

household chemicals containing chlorine, washing powders, etc., the presence of cities in the air, megacities of the abundance of exhaust gases, leads to the emergence of an allergic dry cough. Also pay attention to when you started a dry cough, it may be somehow connected with the purchase of new furniture, new repairs, purchase of household appliances. Modern industry, especially the production of plastic, furniture, building materials, even children's toys, often uses abundance toxic chemicals that can irritate mucous nasopharynx, bronchi, causing chronic chemical poisoning. If there are a lot of such products in the room, they are new and exude a smell - this can be the cause of a dry cough.

Glistular invasion

Occasionally, cases of ascariasis are recorded, during which, during the migration of the ascarid larvae along a small circle of circulation, they linger in the lung tissue, causing a superficial dry cough. Getting into the lungs, the trachea and the bronchi, they cause irritation of the cough receptors, the migration phase with ascariasis is 8-14 days (see Fig. ascarids-symptoms and treatment).

Professional dry cough

The reason for its appearance may be related to work in harmful production, where in the air a mass of suspensions of toxic substances that cause dry cough in the workers is formed. Workers of the stone-working and coal-mining industry often develop silicosis of the lungs. Also among occupational diseases that cause dry cough is the disease of American farmers or fibrosing alveolitis, where dry cough is only a debut of pathology, the outcome of which is a severe respiratory failure.

Some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract provoke a dry reflex cough without temperature, it happens after eating with diverticula of the esophagus, esophagus-tracheal fistula, reflux-esophagitis.

Acceptance of certain medicines

as a rule, ACE inhibitors, which are used to lower blood pressure and treat other cardiovascular diseases. In 20% of patients, these medicines cause a dry cough, if after discontinuation of the drug it disappears, therefore, this cough was a side effect of the drug taken.

Cardiovascular diseases, heart failure may also be the cause of dry cough

The cause of allergies, a provoker of allergic reactions can be established with the help of tests, which will be directed by an allergist. It is worth taking seriously any manifestations of allergy, as it is not just a dry cough, runny nose or a rash, with a strong an allergic reaction can occur anaphylactic shock, Quincke's edema, which without timely medical care can be deadly.

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Than to treat a dry cough

To correctly determine what to treat a dry cough, you need, first of all, to identify the reasons that contributed to its occurrence. Coughing is a loud exhalation, however, not everything would be so painful if it did not arise arbitrarily and had no jerky nature. Also, the cough can manifest itself reflexively.

The process of coughing itself is a process of cleansing the airways, which have the property of being irritated by certain causes: mucus, pus, sputum, blood or foreign bodies. Because of the ingress of such substances into the respiratory tract, the cough receptors located on the mucous membrane of the larynx, trachea and bronchi are irritated, which leads to a response of the body. However, airway contamination is not the only cause leading to coughing. It can occur with irritation of the pleura sheets - the membrane covering the wall of the chest cavity and the lungs (in this case, not always inflammation in the respiratory tract).

When we cough, the muscles that are involved in the process of breathing (diaphragm, abdominal and intercostal press) begin to drop sharply. This leads to an increase in intrathoracic pressure and the lungs are squeezed. The air from the lungs passes into the bronchial tree. The speed of air flow in different parts of the path is not the same and ranges from, to 120 m / s. It is this sudden movement of air that can clear bronchi from foreign matter.

Types of cough

Cough is traditionally divided into two types: dry and wet. Unlike wet cough, when dry, there is no excretion of sputum from the lungs and no expectoration.Dry cough greatly irritates the respiratory tract, and therefore more painful.Transition of the body to a wet cough means that the poisonous substances still begin to come out, for example, with colds very often there is a transition from one species to another.

About the infection in the body can be judged by the nature of sputum. In the case of a change in its watery structure to purulent, we can say about the addition of a bacterial infection. If a lot of sputum is coughing up with a wet cough, then this indicates the already completed stages of some diseases: chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, tracheitis. A long-term dry cough that does not become wet can be a sign of pharyngitis, the initial stages of pneumonia or tuberculosis, lung cancer, chronic sinusitis, and so on.

If there are spotting in the sputum, pay special attention to them. Occurrence of single cases indicates a burst blood vessel. If the blood appears steadily, consult a doctor immediately. Such sputum is a sign of tuberculosis, heart failure or even lung cancer.

Doctors divide cough into chronic, prolonged and acute. The duration of an acute cough does not exceed 3 weeks. This kind is typical for diseases of acute respiratory infections, acute bronchitis, pharyngitis and pneumonia. Acute cough accompanies pathology and is, more often than not, protective. Prolonged cough can last up to 3 months. It is not as frequent as its acute form, but it is dangerous because the defeat of the respiratory tract can become chronic.

The most unpleasant cough is chronic. In terms of duration, it is in the first place, that is, it has existed for more than 3 months. Usually does not have strong manifestations, but is a symptom of serious illnesses: bronchial asthma, heart failure, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, tumors of the respiratory system. If you do not take the chronic form into account, you run the risk of causing great harm to your health, because over time, the function of a cough from a protective one changes to a pathological one. It leads to serious violations of the respiratory system (emphysema, cardiac dysfunction, and so on).

When the first coughs appear, you must immediately determine their cause and begin to be treated. Waiting for a cough to leave the body on its own is dangerous, due to the possibility of transition to chronic forms. Determine an approximate reason can be by tracking the time of the appearance of a cough. For example, it manifests itself throughout the day, which signals acute infections of the respiratory tract (pharyngitis, bronchitis). If coughing manifests itself especially in the morning, it can be assumed that you are ill with chronic bronchitis or there is an abscess of the lung. For a patient with heart failure, lung cancer or tuberculosis, a predominantly nocturnal cough will be characteristic.

In any case, self-diagnosis and self-treatment should not be done categorically - entrust treatment to a professional.

He will identify the causes of poor health and prescribe drugs with a dry cough that will fight the disease effectively.

Causes of dry cough without inflammation

In addition to the inflammatory processes known to all, a number of other causes affect the appearance of cough, for example:

1. Allergic. Recently, cases of various allergic reactions, especially of children, have become more frequent. Most of the babies suffer from food or other forms of allergy. Pollinosis is a seasonal allergic reaction to plant pollen that occurs in spring and summer. Among the symptoms there is an allergic cough, as well as tearing, itching, sneezing.
2. Bronchial asthma. With such a disease, there is a chronic extremely severe dry cough and attacks of suffocation. This disorder is associated with reduced immunity, weakened by the nervous system and allergy, and not only with bronchial disease, as is commonly believed.
3. Toxic substances in everyday life. Household chemicals, high levels of air pollution from exhaust gases, chemical emissions lead to an allergic dry cough, by irritating the mucous membranes.
4. Parasites. When the organism is infected with ascarids, cases are recorded when, during migration, they enter the lungs, trachea and bronchi, triggering a superficial dry cough.
5. Professional. This reason is associated with labor in harmful production, when the body, poisoned with chemicals, reacts with a cough.
6. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Problems with the gastrointestinal tract sometimes cause a reflex cough without concomitant temperature increase.
7. Reception of medicines. Treatment with some drugs as a side effect is accompanied by a cough. Usually this applies to cardiovascular diseases and manifests itself in 20% of patients during the administration of medications.
8. Heart failure and cardiovascular diseases.

Why is it necessary to treat a cough?

On the one hand, we already know that with the help of cough, the body is protected from pathological substances and particles falling into the respiratory tract. When we observe phlegm, it is logical to conclude that it can quite expectorate without the use of drugs. The process of getting rid of phlegm without treatment will be long enough because of the viscous structure of the substance. In addition, part of the sputum can settle in the bronchi and cause various inflammation and damage. For these reasons, it is still necessary to take effective medications for sputum liquefaction. Then the body will be much easier to get rid of the harmful substance.

In case of an allergic cough, you should consult an allergist doctor who will prescribe the necessary tests and identify the specific cause of the disease. When a severe allergic reaction is manifested, the risk of anaphylactic shock is high enough, so you should not pull a specialist.

From a strong dry cough, the airways suffer much more, because the mucous membrane becomes inflamed and irritates the cough receptors. Thermal, mechanical and chemical effects can also cause irritation of the mucosa. Everyone has had cases when a cough does not relieve the condition, but only hurts. The sputum is not formed, accordingly there is no expectorant process, hence the lack of improvements. Dry cough is dangerous risk of complications: pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum (ingress of air into the mediastinum and pleural cavity). In the future, these processes can trigger the appearance of subcutaneous emphysema. Therefore, dry cough should be cured, and in cases of its recurrence, immediately suppress.

What is the cure for dry cough?

Before choosing a cough medicine, it is recommended that you consult a doctor who prescribes the best remedy. He will tell you which drugs will provide effective impact on the disease and will give you advice on the prevention of various respiratory diseases.

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Depending on the cause of dry cough, you need to focus on its treatment. If the cause of the disease are: ARVI, pneumonia, bronchitis or tracheitis, then in the early days you will be prescribed drugs against coughing. These include: Herbion, Bronholitin, Codeine, Oxeladin, Glaucin and others.

1. When the attack begins, a good remedy for dry cough is ordinary mint candies. Dr. Mom or Strepsils will cope with this task.
2. When the bacterial infection is added to the treatment, antibiotics are also involved.
3. When sputum begins to form, antitussive drugs are canceled and expectorants are prescribed, for example, ATSTS.
4. To speed up the transition to wet cough, you need to drink plenty of fluids: tea with raspberries, milk with honey or medicinal mineral waters, such as Borjomi.
5. If there is reddening of the throat and throat swelling, the sprays will help relieve pain and swelling (Geksoral, Tantum Verde).

Drugs from dry cough are often combined with other medicines if it is necessary to treat concomitant diseases.

1. To remove swelling and inflammation of the respiratory tract, the doctor prescribes antihistamines (loratadine).
2. Spasms in the bronchi - an occasion for the appointment of inhalations of salbutamol.

To treat accompanying diseases independently, not knowing the combination of drugs and dosages, is absolutely impossible. The mismatch of drugs can turn into a variety of side effects for you, which can be much worse than a cough.

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Folk remedies

Folk remedies are capable of beneficially influencing different functions of the body, and in questions of dry cough do not stay on the sidelines. Here are the most delicious and useful.

1. Treatment with hot milk is very popular. Abundant consumption of milk or cream can affect the production of mucus in the throat, which will accelerate the expectorant process. You can add honey or mineral water to the milk. In case of intolerance of such products, tea with butter is suitable.
2. Radish with honey. At the top of the fruit of a black radish, cut out a small hole, put a couple of tablespoons of honey. After 3-4 hours you can take the remedy on a teaspoon 4-5 times a day before meals and before you go to bed.
3. Lemon and honey. 2 tablespoons of glycerin mixed with the juice of one lemon. Mix the mixture well and add honey. Before each use, you need to shake the syrup. If the cough is not strong, then take a teaspoon several times a day. With a strong cough, the number of receptions is adjusted to 6, and as we decrease, we reduce.
4. Mustard mixed with flour and sunflower oil (1 tbsp. l.). We put the cake in polyethylene and apply it to the back or chest, avoiding the heart area. This remedy perfectly warms up and promotes recovery.

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Whatever effective folk remedies, consult about such treatment with a doctor. Only he can correctly assess the picture of your disease and cure a dry cough.

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Why does not it cough and what to do?

If the cough does not pass more than three weeks, then experts call it protracted or chronic. Most often, this condition is caused by chronic bronchitis, which is often observed in smokers and in people working in harmful industries (paint, pharmaceutical, industry). If a prolonged coughing disturbs a child or a non-smoker and when the effect of possible irritants is ruled out, an early examination and consultation of a specialist is recommended.

When chronic coughing is primarily examined for getting secretions from the nose into the nasopharynx, ejection of the contents of the stomach into the esophagus or pharynx, asthma. Also, the cause of long-term coughing can be more serious diseases - tumors, heart disease or connective tissue of the lungs.

Why does not it cough?

The reasons for not being cough for a long time can be many. In some cases, this condition is caused by benign lesions in the lungs, smoker's bronchitis, impaired functions or vessels.

In addition to constant coughing, other symptoms can also be present (wheezing in the lungs, runny nose, impurities of blood in the sputum, a feeling of heaviness in the chest, etc.).

The most common cause of prolonged coughing is asthma. With this disease, coughing can disturb constantly or periodically (in case of exposure to allergens).

Also provoke a protracted cough may be an incurable cold, usually such a condition It is caused by the increased susceptibility of the lungs due to what the cough can appear on the reflex level.

Why does not cough after angina?

If after a transited sore throat cough does not pass for a while, then there may be several reasons for this. First of all, this state is promoted by the immune system weakened against the background of disease and treatment, which is not able to resist both new viruses attacking the body, and the "old" untreated. Sometimes it happens that the diagnosis is incorrect or the sore throat is on the background of another disease.

For example, in viral rhinitis, mucus from the nasal cavity enters the throat, which causes reflex coughing, thus the body releases the throat from pathological contents.

By external signs, angina is often confused with viral pharyngitis. To establish the exact diagnosis it is possible by means of a smear and crop. The causative agents of angina are bacteria, and pharyngitis is provoked by viruses. With angina, antibiotics are invariably prescribed, but such drugs are fatal only for bacteria, and viruses continue to attack the body. As a result, the immune system weakened by antibiotics can not withstand viruses, which leads to disease progression and prolonged coughing. Viral pharyngitis against a background of inflammatory processes in the throat can cause a dry cough with spasms in the larynx.

Also, coughing can be a sign of rheumatic fever, usually, in addition to coughing, pain in the chest, fast fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat.

If the cough does not go away for a long time, you need to go to the therapist and have a check-up, take an X-ray, and the doctor will prescribe the treatment.

Often it happens that after a cold cough still continues to torment. If cough treatment does not show proper results and this condition lasts more than two weeks, then do not postpone the visit to the doctor. In most cases, coughing is caused by a new infection or virus that the weakened immune system is not able to cope with.

Why does the cough last a week?

If the cough does not last a week, and other symptoms (cold, low fever) are observed, the common cold most likely is the body. With timely and proper treatment, and with a cold, and with a cough it is fairly easy to cope. With improper treatment, non-compliance with the regime or complete absence of treatment, a severe inflammatory process in the trachea or bronchial tubes can develop.

To treat cough in the early stages it is recommended to do inhalations. For a long time it is known that when inhaled by warm vapors a moist environment is formed, which improves the formation and excretion of sputum. For inhalations use decoctions and infusions of herbs, essential oils.

To prepare a solution for inhalation, 1-2 tablespoons are needed. medicinal plants (chamomile, sage, mint, thyme) pour 400ml of boiling water (you can also dissolve a few drops of essential oil in hot water). You can administer inhalation in several ways: to breathe on a bowl with infusion of herbs, covered with a towel, roll a tube out of paper and inhale with it the therapeutic couples or use a special inhaler.

Do not inhale over boiling water, as well as with high blood pressure.

Why does the cough last 2 weeks?

Sometimes there are situations when, against the background of the prescribed treatment, the cough does not go away and continues to torture for more than a week. In this case, it is necessary to consult a doctor, undergo an additional examination and, if necessary, undergo a new course of treatment.

The long-lasting cough in most cases is caused by a new infection, with which the weakened organism has not coped. The most common causes of prolonged coughing are mycoplasmosis, pneumocystis, in more rare cases, cough causes fungal lesions (candidias, chlamydia) or mycobacterium tuberculosis.

It is worth noting that improper diagnosis and treatment can give severe complications even with a common cold.

Why does the cough last a month?

Cough can appear as a reaction of the body to pollen, wool or drugs. In this case we are talking about an allergic cough.

If cough does not pass under the influence of allergens for several weeks, in most cases it passes into bronchial asthma, so it is important to identify and eliminate the stimulus in a timely manner.

Also, the cause of a prolonged coughing can be a respiratory infection, against which there is an inflammatory process in the tonsils, pharynx, nasal mucosa, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs.

The cause of prolonged cough in children can be the presence of a foreign body in the upper respiratory tract. With paroxysmal coughing with deep breaths, it is possible to suggest the development of whooping cough.

Less often if the cough does not go away for several weeks, the cause is fibrous cystosis, bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung tumors.

Why does not coughing go Phlegm?

Sputum is a discharge from the bronchi and trachea, it can be normal (in a healthy person) and pathological (with the development of certain diseases).

In the human respiratory tract, mucus is constantly produced, which protects the body from pollutants (dust, small debris, etc.), and also resists pathogenic microorganisms.

The color of the sputum can vary from transparent to green against the background of the development of various respiratory diseases, and it can also contain various impurities (blood, pus, etc.).

Sputum production on cough is a good sign, because in this way the body gets rid of microbes. To help the body prescribed medications that facilitate expectoration, promote the production of sputum (ambroxol, bromhexine) and restore the bronchial secret (ATSTS).

With an allergic cough, antihistamines are prescribed (loratadine, fexofenadine).

If the cough does not go away, sputum is released, and there is no temperature, then the cause of this condition can be allergy, heart failure, poisonous substances in the air, smoking, as well as ticks that live in feathers pillows.

To relieve the condition with a damp cough, you need to drink more liquid, it will help reduce the viscosity of phlegm and improve its excretion from the bronchi.

If the cough with phlegm does not pass through the background of treatment, you need to inform the attending physician and undergo an additional examination (blood test, sputum, X-ray).

Why can not I dry a cough for a long time?

Coughing without sputum is called dry, usually it occurs against a background of various diseases of the upper respiratory tract.

If dry cough does not go away for a long time, it is advisable to begin medical treatment. There are several types of medications, codeine and ethylmorphine-based drugs (codeine, glaucine) have a central effect and suppress the cough reflex, acting on the medulla oblongata, drugs based on acetylaminonitropropoxybenzene (Kodelak bronho, Omnitus, Falimint, etc.) affect the cough receptors.

As an auxiliary treatment, you can use proven folk remedies that alleviate the condition with a debilitating dry cough. The most effective method for treating this kind of cough is warm milk with drinking soda, such a drink helps to reduce the cough reflex and improve your well-being.

Also 2-3 times a day you can drink a broth of black currant, peppermint, radish juice with honey, anise fruit extract.

With dry cough, inhalations with drinking soda are good.

Why does not cough go after pharyngitis?

With pharyngitis inflamed mucous pharynx, it can occur in both acute and chronic form. On the background of the disease there is a dry cough, which usually intensifies at night and leads to spasms of the larynx.

If even after treatment does not cough, then most likely the disease has not been cured or an ineffective therapy has been prescribed.

There are situations when the treatment stops on its own, even after a slight improvement in the condition. Usually in such cases a person does not want to "poison" himself with chemistry and stops taking medication, in the hope that herbal decoctions or strong immunity will help cope with the disease. However, this attitude towards treatment is unacceptable, since after the withdrawal of drugs the remaining viruses and bacteria can attack the weakened organism more strongly, which will lead to the development of heavy complications.

Why does not cough after laryngitis?

When laryngitis worried about dry cough, without sputum, hoarseness, Usually the disease is a complication of the common cold, but can develop and independently, after cold drinks, hypothermia, vocal cord overstrain, inhalation of ice or contaminated air.

At the initial stages are shown inhalation, rinsing, warm drink, medicamentous means for improving expectoration. Usually after a few days, sputum production begins, and the disease gradually passes. In the event that the cough does not pass for a long time after recovery, then an additional examination is required. Cough can occur with inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx (adenoids, tonsillitis), and a prolonged wet cough can indicate an infection in the lower respiratory tract.

Why does not a cough go after pneumonia?

Pneumonia is an infectious inflammation of the lungs. In the beginning, the cough is dry, but with time, as the inflammation in the lungs increases, it becomes wet, mucus appears. In pneumonia, coughing does not last long enough, on average pneumonia lasts about a month, but after recovery, coughing is a necessity for the body, as it helps to remove the remains of mucus from the lungs, it is also commonly called post-infection cough. The duration of the post-infection cough may range from two weeks to several months, depending on the condition of the body.

To improve well-being after pneumonia, it is recommended to do respiratory gymnastics, as well as undergo a course of physical procedures.

After treatment, the sensitivity of the cough receptors decreases, causing coughing to appear when inhaled cold air, dust, etc., this condition is the consequences of the transferred infection, but not the manifestation disease.

Why does not it cough after a cold?

Cough almost always accompanies catarrhal or viral diseases. As a rule, the symptoms of colds disappear after a few days, and after a week the body is completely healthy, but the coughing can disturb for a few more weeks.

It is believed that cough after a cold (residual) is the norm, but if it continues more three weeks, in most cases this is due to the development of complications (pneumonia, whooping cough, bronchitis and etc.).

The acute phase of the disease lasts several days, but during this period, pathogenic microorganisms destroy the respiratory mucosa, which leads to an increased sensitivity of the bronchi. After a cold a person is often disturbed by perspiration in the throat, a slight cough, the departure of a small amount of sputum. After the disease, the weakened body takes some time to recover and restore the mucous membranes. During this period, it is necessary to avoid hypothermia, it is desirable to drink a course of vitamins.

If the cough does not pass after the illness, it becomes stronger, there are other symptoms (chest pain, temperature, sputum with purulent or bloody impurities, etc.), it is necessary to consult a doctor to establish the cause and to exclude the development of serious diseases.

Why does not cough after bronchitis?

After bronchitis, coughing occurs in about half of the patients. Most often, children suffer from residual cough, because they have more bronchial flaws than adults, and the recovery period lasts longer.

If the cough does not pass after bronchitis, the reasons can be as follows:

• slow recovery process;
• severe damage to the mucosa of the respiratory tract;
• complications;
• mistaken or incomplete treatment;
• allergic reactions (in particular to drugs).

Acute bronchitis occurs on average from 7 to 10 days, but even after visible improvements, bronchos take time to recover.

The average cough completely passes two weeks after bronchitis, provided that the treatment process was normal, and there are no complications. If the coughing intensifies and lasts more than three weeks, a specialist consultation is needed, since such the condition can be associated with the development of other diseases (asthma, pneumonia, bronchial obstruction, allergy).

Why does not pass cough during pregnancy?

If a pregnant woman does not get a cough for a long time, this can lead to serious consequences. During the cough, the tension of the abdominal wall and uterus occurs, as a result, the tone of the internal organs rises. The tone of the uterus in the early stages of pregnancy threatens spontaneous abortion, in late terms - premature birth.

Coughing is usually a symptom of a viral or infectious disease, and it can also appear when exposed to irritants (allergic cough). A severe debilitating cough requires immediate treatment, which should be prescribed by a specialist taking into account the period of pregnancy, the condition of the woman and the cause of the cough.

What if the child does not get a cough?

If the child does not go through a cough for a long time, the first thing to do is to identify the cause of such a condition. If coughing worries after a previous illness (SARS, influenza, bronchitis, etc.), then in this case, coughing can be associated with the recovery period. Harmful microorganisms weaken the body, provoke inflammation and irritation of the mucous membranes of respiratory pathways and the body needs time to completely free the bronchi from the remains of mucus and restore epithelium.

In this case, coughing does not pose a danger, usually the child occasionally coughs, there may be a slight discharge of sputum.

It is worth noting that each organism is individual, and the process of recovery in each individual case proceeds in its own way and can sometimes drag on for months.

If the cough lasts more than three weeks, while the amount of sputum increases, coughing becomes stronger, it is necessary show the child to the doctor, since in this case there may be a secondary infection, the development of complications or a severe allergic reaction.

Folk remedies for cough

If a long time does not pass a cough, you can use folk remedies that help calm irritated mucous membranes, improve sputum excretion and speed up the process recovery:

1. Infusion of dill seeds - take 1ch. fennel seeds, crush, pour 250ml boiling water, insist 20-25 minutes. This infusion is recommended to drink instead of water during the day until complete recovery.
2. Serum with garlic - 2 tbsp. garlic pour 250ml of whey of cow's milk and put on fire, immediately after boiling remove from heat and cool. This broth should be drunk during the day.
3. Honey - has unique anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, with a protracted cough, you can dissolve in the mouth 1hour. honey several times a day.
4. Drug broth - mix in equal parts licorice, althea root and elecampane, take 1 tbsp. mix and pour 200ml of cold water, leave for two hours. Then put on fire, bring to a boil. Cooled and strained broth to drink in three divided doses during the day, treatment course 10 days (every day it is recommended to prepare a new portion). If the cough continues, after a week, you can repeat the course of treatment.

As already noted, coughing is a protective reaction of the body, helping to release the respiratory tract from small particles of dust, various contaminants, viruses, etc. If the cough does not pass a long time, you need to determine the cause of its appearance. It is worth remembering the residual effects that occur during the recovery of the body and helps cleanse the bronchi from the remains of mucus. Also, coughing may occur because of the increased sensitivity of the receptors, in which case coughing worries after inhalation of cold air, dust or the action of allergens.

Prolonged coughing, which becomes stronger with time, is accompanied by abundant sputum or other symptoms (chest pain, temperature, runny nose, weakness, etc.) requires an urgent consultation of a specialist, since such a condition can be associated with a serious illness (asthma, tuberculosis).

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Why does not it cough?

Coughing is not an independent disease. It arises as a reaction of the respiratory tract to foreign particles that enter into them. That's why many experts do not recommend using antitussive drugs. Stopping cough means leaving in the respiratory system what should not be there. It is better to try to help the body to remove unnecessary elements, and for this cough should be strengthened. Antitussives are prescribed only to those who have recently undergone surgery or those who are beginning to vomit from a dry cough or if a person begins to suffocate.

Why does the cough last for a long time?

The reason for the dry cough is that the causative agent is viral, infectious or allergic in the respiratory system. After a while, dry cough becomes wet. Sometimes this transition is delayed and the person coughs for about three weeks. If the cough lasts more than three weeks, it is called chronic.

Why does the cough last for a long time? Everything depends on the immunity. If it is strong, then the cough will pass for a couple of weeks, or maybe earlier. If the body is weakened by illnesses, a wrong way of life, bad habits and poor nutrition, the cough is prolonged.

In order to get rid of cough, you need to understand what caused it. For this, it is necessary to donate blood and sputum for analysis.

If a convulsive cough leads to vomiting, then doctors recommend taking antitussive drugs, such as "Libexin "Sinekod" or "Broncholitin". Dry cough is with measles. This disease is characterized by rashes on the mucous membranes and skin.

False croup is manifested barking cough. With this disease, the larynx, ligaments, trachea and bronchi suffer. Terrible disease, which is an epidemic, is considered tuberculosis. If a person does not rest, eat poorly and is in constant stress, then he is at risk.

Causes of an impassable cough

If after coughing, sinusitis or pharyngitis cough for a long time does not pass, it means that the disease was not treated. Laryngitis is characterized by barking cough, which is accompanied by hoarseness. The causes of an impassable cough may be that the body gets chlamydia, fungi or cytomegalovirus.

Why does not a dry cough go away?

More than fifty diseases are accompanied by a cough. The nature of the cough is not always contagious, sometimes it is a sign of an allergic reaction.

Why does dry cough not pass in adults? Causes can be bad habits, viruses or peculiarities of working conditions. If a person does not gasp from a cough, then panic is not worth it. When coughing leads to choking, you need to sound an alarm and call an ambulance.

Why does not coughing go Phlegm?

If you do not pay attention to your health or treat improperly the acute respiratory diseases, then cough can not only be prolonged, but also give serious complications.

Why does not coughing go Phlegm? Allergy is characterized by a runny nose, a rash, a cough and lachrymation, in addition, some have perspiration and shortness of breath. To treat a cough it is not necessary independently, as such symptoms can be and at a bronchitis, a laryngitis and other diseases. The person will start to be treated for allergies and remove the allergen from the body, but it turns out that he has pneumonia. Therefore, it is better not to take risks, but to seek help from a doctor.

Why does not it cough after antibiotics?

Antibiotics are not a panacea, they can not get rid of all diseases. If the cough does not pass a long time, some doctors prescribe a course of antibiotics. However, this does not always help. Antibiotics can even make a wet cough dry and worsen the situation.

Why does not it cough after antibiotics? The thing is that a person can not comply with the dosage. Also, the reason may be in the incorrectly selected preparation.

Why does the child not cough?

Children often get sick, and cough and runny nose are their favorite diseases. The fact that the immune system of the child is imperfect and until the baby does not get sick with all conceivable and unthinkable diseases several times, his immunity will not grow stronger.

Those children who attend kindergarten are sick much more often than those who stay at home. It is a fact. But many parents noticed that in school these children are less susceptible to viruses and bacteria. That is, you need to get naughty in the kindergarten, then to study peacefully.

Why does the child not cough? There is no unambiguous answer to this question. Everything is strictly individual here. At one child the allergy and tussis does not pass or take place, because near all time there is an allergen. Another kid caught a cold and his parents began to treat him incorrectly. The third - in general, choked skinned persimmons, and she was stuck in the respiratory tract. In order to save the child from cough in a short time, you need to go to the doctor and get appointments. If the mother is experienced and knows her child well, then it is not necessary for her to observe all the prescriptions of the doctor, she can make up her own scheme of treatment based on medical prescriptions. Doctors are people too, and they have mistakes.

In the treatment of cough, the main thing is an abundant drink, regular airing of the room, in which there is a patient and proper nutrition. If the child does not have a temperature, then you can walk with him a little. Fresh air circulating in the lungs will help to remove viruses and bacteria faster.

Antiviral drugs and antibiotics can be used only, as a last resort, and only after the doctor appoints. Cough can be due to a cold, when slime drips down the throat, it causes irritation and the child begins to cough. In order to get rid of this cough, you just need to cure a cold. That is, rinse the nasopharynx and drip drops, for example, "Protargol".

In some diseases of the respiratory tract, inhalations are prescribed, which can be either steam or medicinal. With any cough, you can do inhalation with mineral water. Inhalations with "Lazolvanom" or "Berodual" can only be done if the doctor prescribes it. After all, the inflammation in the upper part of the respiratory tract may fall lower. Tracheitis can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia, a disease that sometimes has a lethal outcome.

In order to save the child from cough, it is possible to arrange small chopped garlic around the house. Often, give the baby a cup of tea or warm milk with a raspberry jam or honey. Lime tea helps a lot.

And the main thing is not to panic and trust your own intuition. If the parents have a first-born and do not have a number of grandparents who have a colossal experience behind their shoulders, it is better to immediately consult a doctor. If the child is not the first and my mother has seen many times how the children are sick, then you need to try to understand what caused the cough and start treatment.

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Cough at night

One of the most painful, exhausting symptoms of diseases of the upper respiratory tract is a cough at night. It lasts for several minutes and repeats up to 4 times in 8-10 hours. In this case, during the day, coughing can be practically absent or rarely occur.

Why is cough worse at night?

This problem occurs due to the fact that in the horizontal position of the body the liquid separated by the lungs does not circulate. There is a stagnation of sputum, which provokes the process of cleansing the lungs and bronchi in the form of a cough.

In addition, the cause of the symptom may be the casting of acidic stomach contents into the esophagus (reflux). It irritates the mucous membranes and the respiratory tract.

Tortured dry cough at night

The most common factors provoking the condition in question are:

• bronchial asthma;
• viral or bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract;
• too dry and cold air in the bedroom, dusty room;
• allergic reactions, especially if the pillow is made of natural ingredients (feather, down), in which microscopic mites reproduce;
• smoking.

Asphyxiating cough at night

The combination of the described syndrome with shortness of breath indicates the progression of cardiovascular diseases, as a rule - insufficiency.

Additional features:

• compressive pain in the sternum;
• numbness of the fingers of the left hand;
• spasm of the larynx.

Difficulty breathing and a strong cough can also signal the risk of a heart attack.

How to stop a fit of cough at night?

First of all, you need to eliminate the cause of the symptom and treat the underlying disease.

In addition, the following measures can be taken:

1. Acquire an air humidifier.
2. Replace the bedding so that they consist of synthetic fillers.
3. Get rid of bad habits.
4. If a cough causes an allergy, you should take antihistaminesmedicines and refrain from contact with the stimulus.
5. In acute respiratory infections, antiviral or antibacterial agents are required, use of local antiseptic solutions for rinsing, steam or dry inhalation is indicated.

General recommendations to facilitate the state:

1. Before going to bed, drink a glass of warm milk with 1 teaspoon of buckwheat honey.
2. Instead of tea, use herbal infusions or decoctions with chamomile, mother-and-stepmother, licorice, St. John's wort, raspberry leaves.
3. Gargle with a solution of baking soda and sea salt.

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Cough in the evening: what are the reasons for its development

Coughing is a visible manifestation (symptom) of a huge number of diseases. And with some of them, the patient may not even associate this reflex action directly with the existing ailment. Only with a cold or SARS, bronchitis, this act is observed throughout the day. But even with these diagnoses, by the evening the reflex action becomes stronger and may even resemble an attack. In principle, the only type of cough that can not be present at this time of day is associated with alcohol intake. This kind of symptom is observed only in the morning or immediately after a person wakes up.

In the evening, a cough begins: what are these seizures talking about?

A person can feel completely healthy throughout the day. However, having come home in the evening, and only having taken a horizontal position, it begins a reflex action with abundant sputum discharge. Sometimes there is an absolutely different kind of cough - dry, intermittent, with wheezing and whistling. Evening cough, as evidenced by such a symptom:

• Distinguish reflex action, which is absent during the day, and closer to the evening the symptom intensifies. This condition may indicate the presence of a chronic course of respiratory illness, for example, bronchitis, pleurisy.
• Reflex act with sputum discharge. This symptom is accompanied by a number of ailments: bronchial asthma, allergy, interstitial lung diseases.
• A dry strong cough is a companion of professional ailments.
• During the reflex action, sputum leaves, in which there are bloody clots. This symptom is a sign of several diseases, among them tuberculosis, heart failure, etc. For the correct diagnosis, you need to know the average blood volume. Serological and other types of research should also be conducted.
• The presence of bad habits. This category includes not only smoking cigarettes, but also hookah. The thing is that inhaling the products of combustion of smoking mixtures, even after their partial purification by water, harmful substances enter the human body, including the lungs. Evening cough, in this case, is a natural process. Lungs are cleared of those components that should not be in them.

Each of the listed moments has a significant influence on the determination of which symptom of the disease is the present reflex action.

Why a violent cough occurs in the evening

In fact, the factors that influence the appearance of this reflex action are closer to the end of the working day or, in general, only when a person has already gone to bed to sleep, very much. Here you need to highlight the following reasons, as their availability is guaranteed to lead to the appearance of an evening cough:

• Disdainful attitude to the reception of herbal decoctions and other fees related to traditional medicine. Often people are very lighthearted about them, which leads to the appearance of side effects due to excess dosage.
• Acceptance of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE inhibitors) inhibitors. The problem is that this type of substance is included in most drugs that are prescribed for diseases of the cardiovascular system. The paradox of the situation is that many of these ailments, in turn, also cause a cough in the evening.
• Presence of chronic bronchial diseases, including asthma. In this case, there is an increase in the manifestation of reflex action not only in the evening, but also in the morning.
• Manifestation of occupational diseases. Very often it can be observed in people whose work is associated with a high probability of inhaling toxic substances, that is, those that work in the chemical industry, painters, etc.
• Interstitial lung diseases. Their etiology in most cases is very difficult to accurately set. These ailments are rare.

Types of evening cough

Reflex actions, which manifest themselves in pronounced form only towards the end of the second half of the day, can be divided into groups according to the presence of the following symptoms:

• By the type of sputum discharge: its complete absence, presence of blood in it, abundant or weakly expressed.
• When you change the position of the body, when a person goes to rest and changes the location of the body, that is, turns from side to side.
• There is only an evening cough. And at all other times of the day this reflex action is absent.
• The person coughs and then vomits. Most often, such an attack occurs in young children, as they have cough and vomiting centers located in close proximity. The reason for this reflex action is often banal overeating.

Evening cough: does the age dependence

There is a pronounced relationship between the presence of this reflex action and the age of the patients. Very often, children younger than 7 years of age may have attacks of severe evening cough. However, its origin is not associated with any disease. The cause of this ailment is cough receptors, which at this age are fairly closely located with the nerve endings responsible for the gag reflex. As a result of overeating, the child is irritated with vomitive receptors, which cause a cough. To get rid of such a symptom is quite simple. We must stop feeding the baby for the night.

In adults, the appearance of this reflex action in the evening indicates the presence of cardiovascular diseases, chronic ailments of the upper and lower respiratory tract. In a separate category, it is necessary to identify those who work in hazardous industries. In this case, coughing in the evening can be observed in more than 80% of cases. In order to reduce the likelihood of the appearance of this symptom it is necessary to use upper respiratory protective equipment, not to neglect the requirements of labor protection.

Both children and adults can have a violent cough in the evening. Before proceeding to its treatment, it is necessary to understand the causes of its occurrence.

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