About 30 percent of the population suffers from different types of cough. This condition not only reduces performance, but can completely change a person's lifestyle, as insomnia, headaches and depression occur. Especially painful is a cough that does not go away for a long time. It can appear as a complication after colds or other diseases. If the cough does not go away for more than a month, then
should be examined by a doctor, as this may be a symptom of asthma, cancer or heart problems. In such a case, it cannot be cured without removing its cause.
What causes a persistent cough?
It is believed that a cough that does not go away for a long time torments mainly smokers. It is impossible to get rid of it completely. But people who do not have this bad habit sometimes suffer from a lingering cough.
1. Most often it remains after colds.or viral diseases. With proper treatment, the cough goes away after a while.
2. One of the most common causes of a persistent cough is asthma. This disease now occurs in every twentieth person. In this case, the cough is episodic or persistent. Sometimes it is the only symptom of the disease. Treat it for asthma is a must, because it can lead to suffocation.
3. Often a cough occurs due to irritation of the throat by nasal discharge. In this case, it intensifies at night or in the morning.
4. A cough that does not go away for a long time may indicate incipient tuberculosis, lung cancer or pleurisy.
5. Sometimes a prolonged cough occurs as an allergic reaction to various irritants.
6. In some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, a cough that does not go away for a long time is also possible. This occurs with rotavirus infection, reflux, dysbacteriosis or helminthic invasion.
Treatment of lingering cough
First of all, you need to eliminate its causes and cure the underlying disease. But there are also special drugs to suppress the cough reflex, as well as various mucolytic drugs. Modern medicines often have a complex effect and treat different types of cough. The most effective are Bromhexine and Ambroxol. They are produced not only in the form of tablets, but also in the form of a syrup for children.
If a wet cough does not go away for a long time, you need to take medicines that thinsputum and helping to evacuate it from the lungs, for example, ACC. Additionally, it is recommended to use folk remedies.
Traditional cough medicine
The most famous are inhalations from a decoction of pine buds, eucalyptus leaves or mint essential oil. Warming up the chest and back with a blue lamp or mashed boiled potatoes is also useful. When a cough does not go away for a long time after a cold, it is good to drink currant juice or cabbage with sugar, a decoction of lime blossom or apples with a core. Cowberry juice orare effective for quick sputum discharge.
viburnum with sugar or honey. It is also recommended to eat baked pears, drink carrot juice with milk or wheat bran decoction.
Cough that does not go away for a long time is debilitating and leads to a decrease in performance. Therefore, it is necessary to be examined and treated for it and the diseases that cause it.
