Cough, which is chronic, does not go away for a long time. It does not disappear for three or more weeks. The main reason for this phenomenon is chronic bronchitis, especially in people who abuse tobacco.
If the patient does not smoke and does not irritate the throat in any other way, but he still has a cough for a long time, it is necessary to visit a doctor to rule out asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, postnasal drip.
Also, chronic cough may indicate the presence of a tumor of a benign or malignant type, indicate heart failure, or damage to the veins of the air-bearing tissue. With these diseases, a prolonged cough may be the only symptom. Therefore, it cannot be ignored. The main type of study in the event that a cough does not go away for a long time is radiography. The picture will well reflect all changes in the lungs. This will significantly narrow the range of possible diseases. If the x-ray showed no changes, then other research methods are used that help to exclude or confirm a particular disease.
Often a chronic lingering cough is accompanied by nasal congestion, a feeling that contents are flowing down the back of the nasopharynx, wheezing, a feeling of heaviness in the chest, sour belching and heartburn, the presence of blood in the sputum.
The most common cause, due to which the cough does not go away for a long time is asthma. It occurs in people of all ages. This disease is accompanied by shortness of breath, wheezing, a feeling of heaviness and congestion in the chest. But it also happens that the only symptom of asthma is a chronic cough. Sometimes these attacks begin when cold air or irritants are inhaled. Often, a cough does not go away for a long time after an acute respiratory infection. The infectious process may continue in a sluggish form in the respiratory tract. As a result, their sensitivity increases, and this causes a cough reaction. This phenomenon is difficult for a person, because coughing attacks disrupt sleep and wakefulness. They can cause dizziness, increased sweating, weakness, headaches, broken ribs, urinary incontinence.
It is important in the treatment of this phenomenon - to establish why the cough does not go away. After the causes become clear, therapy with modern drugs and procedures will help to cope with the difficulties. But in the event that the cause could not be determined, symptomatic treatment is carried out with the help of cough suppressants. These are medications with codeine, camphor, dextromethorphan, menthol. With the help of mucoregulators, you can achieve excellentexpectorant effect. They restore the ciliated epithelium and its activity. The last drugs in this group include Bromhexine and Ambroxol. The effect of their use is manifested quickly, literally a day after the start of the reception. Asthma requires drugs that dilate the bronchi. You can use folk remedies for coughing: inhalation from pine buds, drinking carrot juice, lingonberry juice, etc.
