If your child takes all of the medications prescribed by the doctor and continues to cough, he is most likely having a lingering cough. This condition should never be ignored. The cough itself will not disappear, but complications may well appear. Therefore, you should attend to urgent measures, additionally examine the baby and, of course, treat correctly.
Reasons for the appearance
To determine the cause of a prolonged cough in a child, you should:
We will tell you in more detail why there is a protracted one and how to treat this trouble.
The first thing parents should do when their child coughs every day for 3 weeks is to figure out the cause. Obviously, the symptom is a signal of problems in the baby's body. And these problems require an adequate solution with the participation of doctors. In this case, it is not recommended to experiment with self-medication - it is much safer to trust an experienced and qualified specialist.
Among the most common reasons lingering cough in children you can name:
- diseases of an infectious nature associated with inflammation: sinusitis, otitis media, whooping cough, mycoplasmosis and chlamydia, as well as a relapse of a recently completed disease;
- diseases of allergic origin (for example, bronchial asthma);
- significant reactivity respiratory tract in the process of contact with the cold, at night or during physical activity;
- getting into the respiratory tract of any foreign object;
- external irritants (for example, cigarette smoke, household dust, pet hair);
- gastroesophageal reflux (an infrequent problem, which is expressed in the involuntary throwing of gastric contents into the esophagus);
- psychological factor: stress, excitement, nervousness.
Each of the listed reasons requires the utmost precision in diagnosis and mandatory laboratory confirmation. It cannot be determined by eye. Therefore, it is extremely important to consult a specialist in a timely manner if the baby's cough is long enough and there is no decrease in the severity of the symptom.
Only after determining the real provoking factor will the doctor be able to prescribe the correct treatment for a lingering cough.
How to recognize a psychogenic cough
According to statistics, the cause of about 10% of all cases of prolonged cough in a child is hidden in the so-called psychogenic factor. Doctors believe that the characteristic symptoms of such a cough are:
- dryness and shade of metal;
- in certain situations, coughing shocks become regular and high-frequency (about 4 to 8 times per minute);
- in a dream, during a meal and during a conversation (if topics unpleasant for the crumbs are not touched upon) is absent;
- the child speaks loudly and behaves demonstratively.
If the cause of a prolonged cough lies precisely in the psychogenic factor, the parents of the child will have to additionally consult the appropriate doctor.
How is it treated
To correctly determine the treatment strategy for a lingering cough, one diagnosis is not enough. Other signs are also important. The doctor pays special attention to the form of the cough. For example, when dry, the phlegm is too viscous and cannot fully cough up it. Therefore, the doctor prescribes medications that will help make its consistency more liquid.
And here moist cough more productive. To get rid of it, drugs are usually prescribed to speed up the elimination of phlegm.
In addition to the form of cough, the doctor also takes into account the child's age, the presence or absence of allergic reactions to the prescribed drugs, individual intolerance to their components, and so on. So how to cure a lingering cough?
Antibiotics
Before you start treating a prolonged cough in a baby with antibiotics, you need to clearly know the diagnosis. These are serious medications and can be dangerous for a child to take at random. Antibiotic therapy is prescribed for respiratory tract infection, which manifests itself in angina, otitis media or sinusitis. In addition, the doctor without fail checks the baby's lungs for the presence of foci of inflammation or pathologies in them. With diagnosed whooping cough, treatment of a long-lasting cough is also carried out with antibiotics, but not in the initial stages. Taking antibiotics should be justified.
It is necessary to understand that on early stage diseases, taking antibiotics is impractical.The doctor must explain in detail such an appointment and explain why in this case one cannot do without them.
Competent selection is no less important antibacterial drugs... Of course, this can only be done by a doctor who has a special card with the names of diseases and their causative agents. Using this auxiliary material, he selects an antibiotic aimed at combating the diagnosed disease. And only after that the course of treatment is signed.
Expectorant and antitussive
With a dry, lingering cough, it is necessary to take antitussive and expectorant drugs. They are needed to change the consistency of sputum towards a more liquid one. For the treatment of children, you can use the following drugs: "Tusuprex", "Butamirat", "Glaucin". In addition, it is allowed to apply:
Mucolytics
If a child suffers from a wet cough for a long time, mucolytic drugs should be taken. They effectively help to remove accumulated phlegm. In this case, it is permissible to use "Brombegsin", "Carbocisteine" or "Ambroxol" for medicinal purposes.
Traditional medicine recipes
A number of easy-to-prepare potions can be used to reduce the frequency of prolonged coughs. Moreover, they work regardless of the reason that caused this symptom. Here are some of them:
Supporting activities
The tactics of treating a child's lingering cough is mainly determined by the cause of this symptom. At the same time, for any disease, cough can be affected as follows:
Such events will be an excellent addition to the therapy prescribed by the doctor and will accelerate the onset of recovery.
Post factum
If the child is being treated, but still continues to cough, it is imperative to be further examined and carry out all medical appointments. So, your actions in order:
- consult a doctor and pass all the necessary tests;
- ask the doctor for the exact diagnosis;
- treat the child according to the form of the cough (different drugs are used for dry and wet coughs, and they cannot be mixed);
A cough is a reflex contraction of the respiratory muscles. In response to irritation of the mucous membrane of the bronchi, trachea, pleura and larynx, air is suddenly expelled from the lungs.
At this point, the airways are cleared of foreign particles and mucus accumulation.
If the cough does not produce phlegm (bronchial secretions), it is called unproductive or dry.
The opposite is a cough accompanied by phlegm. They call it wet.
Depending on the duration of the symptom, doctors divide it into several types:
- acute cough (less than 2 weeks);
- lingering cough (up to 4 weeks);
- subacute cough (up to 2 months);
- chronic cough (more than 2-3 months).
The most common reason the development of this symptom becomes a complication of the course of diseases of viral and infectious etiology. This happens when the causative agent of the disease settles and actively multiplies on the mucous membrane of the bronchial tree.
With untimely or poor-quality treatment of colds and flu, a chronic cough occurs. For example, this happens when the disease was initially viral in nature, and it was treated with antibiotics. As a result of this "treatment", the problem is aggravated and complications develop.
Some patients try not to take sick leave and carry colds on their legs. They still go to the doctor, but after a rise in body temperature and serious malaise. In this case, the infection managed to hit the lungs and bronchi.
Cough and leakage of nasal secretions into the larynx occurs with ailments:
- allergic;
- infectious.
Also, a lingering cough occurs with chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and gastroesophageal reflux, when the contents of the stomach enter the esophagus.
In some cases, a dry, prolonged cough is side effect some medicines from hypertension and heart failure. The drug Enalapril has similar properties.
Smokers often complain of a lingering cough with phlegm, especially after suffering colds or viral diseases. In these patients, the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract differs significantly from the state of the bronchial tree of a healthy person. Also, people who smoke have reduced immunity, it cannot cope with infections.
The causes of prolonged coughing with and without phlegm can be hidden under allergies. Receptors of the mucous membrane of the larynx and bronchi become extremely sensitive to any irritants:
- cigarette smoke;
- dust;
- pet hair;
- pollen of trees and flowers.
It is important to emphasize that a prolonged cough in an adult without other symptoms can be a signal of the presence of dangerous diseases, for example, cancer or pulmonary tuberculosis.
Without timely adequate treatment, a lingering cough with sputum develops into a disease:
- pneumonia;
- pleurisy;
- lung abscess;
- bronchial asthma.
These pathologies pose a danger to the patient's life. Therefore, it is extremely reckless to self-medicate or ignore it altogether!
To make the correct diagnosis, the therapist, otolaryngologist or pulmonologist will refer the patient to a series of tests and examination. You will need to donate blood from a finger, vein, phlegm. The patient needs to take an X-ray of the lungs, pass an external respiration test:
- spirography;
- bodyplethysmography;
- spirometry.
Based on the patient's condition, the results of his tests and symptoms, the doctor will recommend a specific treatment regimen.
In this case, it will be necessary to convert a prolonged unproductive cough into a wet productive cough (with sputum). For these purposes, appoint. Such medicines contribute to the high-quality discharge of bronchial secretions.
As a supplement, you will need to take medicines that stimulate expectoration: resorptive, reflex action, thinning phlegm. It is customary to refer to these:
- mucolytics;
- cysteine \u200b\u200bpreparations;
- proteolytics.
Depending on the nature of a prolonged cough with phlegm, a person will need to be treated with antihistamines and antimicrobial agents.
A lingering cough, if it is dry, is treated with drugs containing codeine. At night, to relieve irritation, the chest and back of an adult are rubbed with warming ointments.
Inhalation is quite effective. They are carried out using an inhaler:
- ultrasonic;
- compressor.
If such a device is not at hand, available tools are quite suitable. Healing vapors of drugs along with air currents penetrate the bronchi and improve their condition. It is possible to achieve restoration of the mucous membrane, increased blood supply, and improved sputum output.
Sometimes it will not hurt to inhale the vapors coming from a pot of hot liquid. You can insist on collecting medicinal herbs or breathe over potatoes. Decoctions of elderberry, raspberry, linden blossom, coltsfoot, sage are used.
You can do inhalation with aromatic oils. The tool has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. To treat a cough, take a shallow container, pour warm water (about 40 degrees) into it. A couple of drops of essential oil are added to the liquid:
- mint;
- eucalyptus;
- menthol.
Then they cover their head with a terry towel, bend over the container and inhale the vapors for 5-7. After half an hour, the procedure will need to be carried out again.
To treat a chronic cough with phlegm in an adult, you can use heat-moist inhalation. The thermal effect promotes the liquefaction of mucus and its removal from the lumen of the bronchi. In addition, dryness of the mucous membranes is eliminated.
To warm pharmacies saline solutions add antibiotics, hormonal medications, sulfonamides and other ingredients recommended by your doctor.
Sometimes it is made with soda solutions or alkaline mineral waters. The duration of such treatment is no more than 10 minutes. If a lingering cough is dry, baking soda will not work. This remedy will provoke:
- even greater drying of the mucous membrane;
- aggravation of perspiration and cough.
Folk remedies
You can cure a long cough folk remedies... It is useful to inhale hot infusions of garlic and onions. The vegetables are peeled, cut into small cubes and poured into a ceramic teapot by a quarter. Boiling water is added to the onion and garlic and the vapors are inhaled for a while through the spout of the teapot.
Another treatment for a lingering cough can be done with banks. It is advisable to use special small medical jars with a rounded bottom. However, it should be borne in mind that you need to treat a cough in this way with an assistant.
To cure a prolonged cough with phlegm will help a decoction of linden blossom. It is enough to pour 3 tablespoons of dry inflorescences with one glass of boiling water. Means:
- incubated for 15 minutes in a water bath;
- allow to cool;
- filtered;
- take three times a day.
The extract of thyme has expectorant properties. Grass (2 tablespoons) is poured with 250 ml of boiling water, heated in a water bath for 20 minutes. After filtering, drinking 3 times a day.
If a cough bothers for a long time, a decoction of a tricolor violet will help get rid of it. For treatment, add a tablespoon of crushed dry raw materials to a glass of boiling water. A product is prepared according to the technology described above.
According to doctors, a long-term cough is one that lasts more than a month. Often, to diagnose the causes that can cause this pathological process, adults are recommended to undergo an X-ray examination of the chest organs.
Causes of prolonged cough
There are a number of reasons that can cause a long-term cough in adults, which is almost impossible to treat with conventional means:
- Chronic bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
- Tuberculosis and others chronic diseases respiratory organs
- Pathological processes in the connective tissues of the respiratory tract
- Long-term exposure to toxins and allergens
- Side effects of some drugs
- Lungs' cancer
- Pleurisy
- Heart failure
All these factors can be determined only after consulting a doctor who will prescribe the correct treatment.
Treatment methods
To get rid of a prolonged cough, which is not always accompanied by an increase in body temperature, the patient is recommended to undergo a fluorographic examination of the chest organs. Further treatment will directly depend on the reasons that caused the prolonged cough.
- If sinusitis has become the cause of a prolonged cough, the patient is prescribed antimicrobial and vasoconstrictor drugs.
- Prolonged cough, accompanied by high temperature and abundant sputum production, requires the use of antibiotics and antitussive drugs, which will help to quickly remove sputum from the respiratory system.
- In rare cases, even the use of antibiotics is not able to eliminate a prolonged cough. In this case, there is every reason to believe that the cough was not caused by an infection, but by other sources. In this case, the patient is prescribed an additional examination (examination of sputum and lung patency) in order to exclude the likelihood of developing bronchial asthma and other noncommunicable diseases.
- In smokers, a prolonged cough can be completely cured only if the patient completely abandons his bad habit. However, strong and prolonged coughing fits in smokers are also a very good reason to consult a doctor. People with this bad habit are more susceptible to tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer and should have regular chest exams.
Treatment and diagnosis of prolonged cough depending on the profession
Long-term cough in adults quite often occurs not as a symptom of some disease, but as a result of professional activity. There are a number of concomitant factors that can cause a prolonged cough in adults:
- Asbestosis, which occurs among builders and auto repair workers who are forced to contact with asbestos for a long time.
- Agricultural workers may suffer from a prolonged cough that characterizes a disease called farmer's lung. This disease is expressed in hypersensitivity of the lungs to mold and mildew.
- A prolonged cough can develop as a harbinger of bronchial asthma in people of certain professions who are forced to constantly contact with chemicals (paints, varnishes, solvents). The risk group includes employees of auto repair shops, dry cleaners, workers in industrial enterprises, dental laboratories and dental offices.
Other causes of prolonged cough in adults
In addition to the factors described above that cause a prolonged cough, there are additional causes. They are quite rare, but they cannot be completely ruled out when diagnosing.
- A prolonged cough in adults that does not respond to treatment may be the only symptom of sarcoidosis. In this case, the patient needs to undergo a chest x-ray and a blood test.
- Lung reaction to certain medications. Often, a prolonged cough, as a concomitant symptom, occurs when taking medications aimed at preventing diseases of the genitourinary system (nitrofurans).
- In rare cases, a prolonged cough may be the only symptom of pleurisy. To exclude this option, the patient undergoes a puncture and a pleural biopsy.
Preventive measures
In fact, no person is immune from the occurrence of a prolonged cough. The reasons can be many: smoking, untimely access to a doctor, or improper treatment of respiratory diseases. However, everyone can make sure that the cough does not become chronic. To do this, it is enough to regularly undergo an X-ray examination of the chest organs and immediately consult a doctor at the first manifestations of colds.
In addition, people prone to allergies are not recommended to work in industries associated with prolonged contact with various chemicals and to stop all manifestations of an allergic reaction in time.
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If the cough persists, there is a possibility that pathogens will re-enter the body against a background of weakened immunity after respiratory disease... Developing as residual phenomenon, the symptom can bother a person during the recovery period. During this time, the lungs and bronchi are completely cleared of accumulated phlegm. If the cough syndrome does not go away for 2 weeks, there is a reason to go to the doctor again. An unpleasant ailment in this case often indicates a serious pathology in the body. What to do if the cough does not go away for a long time, the attending physician will tell you after an individual consultation.
A prolonged cough without fever is an involuntary reflex that occurs in response to the action of a certain stimulus. The development of such an unpleasant symptom often signals that an infection of a bacterial, viral or allergic nature has entered the body. The cough does not go away for a long time also due to the fact that a foreign object or substance has got into the breathing path.
When coughing up, the bronchi are cleared of mucus, which contains a pathogenic agent. Having got rid of the accumulated phlegm, the symptom stops, but not for long. This condition indicates wet cough syndrome, when the body is already on the way to recovery. It's much worse when you can't clear your throat. In this case, a dry cough develops in an adult or child. Getting rid of it is quite problematic. Often it is delayed for a long period of time, during which the body is significantly weakened and depleted.
Why doesn't the cough of an adult and a child go away? A persistent cough often signals the development of a complication after the underlying disease or due to the addition of a secondary infection. In the first case, the causes of such an unpleasant symptom develop as a result of an incompletely cured respiratory disease, as well as due to illiterately prescribed therapy. In the second, the causes of the disease can signal the ingress of pathogenic agents into the body against the background of weakening of the immune system after the illness.
In this case, the main harmful microorganisms are:- Viruses.
- Bacteria (eg, pneumocystis, tuberculosis bacteria).
- Fungi (candida, chlamydia).
Often, a prolonged cough in adults indicates the occurrence of an allergic disease, the source of which is a wide variety of pathogens:
- wool, saliva or dandruff of domestic and wild animals;
- dust mites;
- bird feather (down);
- pollen of flowering plants (indoor and garden);
- food;
- materials made of artificial fabrics;
- household and decorative cosmetics, etc.
The situation becomes much more complicated if from two to several pathogens enter the body. In this case, the symptom can be delayed for a long time, while the treatment lasts much longer than usual. How to treat a lingering cough in case of allergies, the doctor will tell you based on the results of diagnostic measures.
A long-lasting cough in an adult is a symptom of any pathology. Its main manifestations are the regular nature of coughing throughout the day, as well as an attack of lingering cough with mucus elimination.
How are the manifestations of a lingering cough in an adult treated? Therapy of pathology depends on the type of symptom.
By nature, there are two main types of cough reflex:- Prolonged dry cough.
- Wet cough.
- acute (persistent cough for more than one week);
- protracted (cannot pass for a long time - not more than a month);
- subacute ( coughing, which has not gone by for 1-2 months);
- chronic (lingering cough in adults and children, lasting over 2 months).
To cure a lingering cough in an adult is much more difficult than an acute symptom. That is why experts do not recommend postponing treatment of the disease.
If the diagnosis is made in time and the therapy of pathology is started, it will be possible to get rid of a lingering cough in the shortest possible time.
It often develops on the first day of ARVI (acute respiratory viral infection), as well as during the recovery period. Prolonged cough - These are contractions of the smooth muscles of the bronchi, caused by severe irritation of the nasopharyngeal mucosa, bronchial tract or trachea.
A dry cough does not go away for a long time in an adult for a variety of reasons. It begins to bother a person immediately after the infection enters the bronchopulmonary tract. On the first day, the patient has a sore throat, which leads to coughing. After a few days, the patient begins to cough up, which indicates a speedy recovery. However, this does not always happen. If the cough does not go away for a long time with tracheitis, there may be a prolonged dry cough that is not coughing up.
If a dry cough does not go away a few days after the onset of a respiratory illness, as well as after recovery, it becomes lingering.
As a result of an overly prolonged symptom, the body is significantly weakened, which increases the risk of re-infection.
Special attention should be paid to the treatment of lingering cough in adults and children. Therapy of the pathological process consists in the use of mucolytic drugs... The action of their main components promotes the speedy production of sputum. Moist cough
A wet cough is characterized by the discharge of sputum from the bronchi with the development of pathology of the bronchopulmonary system. In the process of coughing up, the body tries to clear the accumulated mucus in the nasopharynx, as well as the bronchial passages. A wet cough just allows you to remove a huge amount of phlegm. This process is called expectoration. It can be very difficult for young children to cough up because the viscous mucus makes it difficult to breathe and can get stuck in the throat.
A wet, incessant cough is most often observed as a result of a running course of a cold or an infectious disease.
- Transparent mucus of normal consistency signals a cold.
- A prolonged brown cough often indicates the development of pneumonia - an infectious pneumonia.
- Transparent wet cough thick (but not usual) consistency in most cases is a consequence of the development of bronchial asthma.
- An expectorant cough of an unpleasant, pungent odor, in conjunction with the discharge of purulent contents from the bronchi, can signal the progression of tuberculosis, lung abscess, or chronic bronchitis.
Situations are often observed when, during recovery from an infectious disease, there is a wet cough without fever in an adult or a child. A persistent cough is possibly a consequence of the removal of residual mucus from the bronchi, when the disease has practically passed, while the symptom still bothers the person due to the drainage of residual mucus along back wall nasopharynx.
It is possible to treat a prolonged cough with the help of special expectorant and antibiotic drugs. In the latter case, potent drugs are prescribed when a bacterial-type infection is attached.
If the cough does not stop for a week, this process should not cause much concern. With a properly prescribed treatment, approximately this amount of time is required for complete recovery from respiratory disease. With an infectious pathology of the bronchopulmonary system, it may take some more time (usually several days) to get rid of the bronchial tract from residual effects.
When the cough does not go away for about a week or two, you should re-consult your doctor. In this case, the development of a complication or the addition of a secondary infection is likely.
Why doesn't the cough go away for two weeks or more?
Experts refer to the main provoking factors of this phenomenon:- Disease of a cold or infectious nature.
- Increased allergic reaction.
- Reducing the body's resistance to stress.
The above reasons can lead to the progression of the symptom, regardless of whether the cough is wet or dry.
How to cure a lingering cough if it persists for a long time?
In this case, therapy will be prescribed depending on the underlying disease:- with a persistent symptom caused colds, the patient is assigned special antiviral drugs, and in addition, plant-based products with an expectorant effect. According to indications, immunomodulating medications can be taken;
- when an adult's paroxysmal cough does not pass, and the body temperature rises to febrile levels, there is a risk of developing pneumonia or acute bronchitis. How to treat a lingering cough, the doctor will decide, however, the main group of medications will be antibiotics - potent drugs aimed at destroying the bacterial pathogen of the pathology;
- when a persistent manifestation of bronchial asthma appears long cough, antiallergic drugs come to the aid of the patient. They allow you to stop the body's reaction to an external or internal stimulus.
In some cases, the reason why a long dry cough does not go away for about several weeks is that a foreign object has got into the respiratory system.
The main recommendation in such a situation is also to consult a doctor. As a rule, it is not necessary to treat a prolonged cough. This is due to the fact that after removing a foreign object from the bronchial tract, the symptom goes away on its own.
Why can a cough bother a person for a month? Cough with phlegm does not go away for a month as a result of severe infectious diseases. In this case, the symptom is often accompanied by other clinical manifestations pathology of the bronchopulmonary system.
The main ones are:- Increased sweating.
- Swelling of the upper and lower extremities.
- Feeling of nausea, vomiting.
- A sharp decrease in body weight.
- Discharge of mucus clear or mixed with blood.
- Complete or partial loss of appetite.
- Respiratory distress, both during exercise and at rest.
- An increase in body temperature to febrile values.
- Deterioration of the general condition (lethargy, irritability, weakness).
- IN chest the patient feels pain, etc.
What if the cough does not go away for a month?
A wet cough may indicate the following serious pathologies:- chronic lung disease (such as tuberculosis);
- malignant neoplasm (for example, sarcoidosis or lung cancer);
- breakthrough of liver abscesses (in this case, a wet cough especially often worries a person at night);
- disease caused by work in hazardous production;
- chronic inflammation of the pleura, bronchi or lungs;
- chronicity of pathologies of the nasopharynx (for example, sinusitis);
- severe heart failure;
- asthma of the bronchial type.
When a dry cough does not go away for about a month, there is a risk of developing a chronic form of serious damage to the bronchopulmonary region (for example, chronic tracheitis).
Also, a long-lasting dry cough develops as a result of smoking abuse over a long time interval.
What if the cough does not go away for a long time? Treatment for a lingering cough depends on the nature of the underlying disease. If the cough syndrome does not go away for a long time, the patient is prescribed medications aimed at destroying the pathogen of the pathology.
When the cough does not go away for more than a month, there is a possibility of developing heart, lung, gastric failure, as well as malignant neoplasms in the pulmonary region. A wet or dry cough does not go away for more than a month also due to immunodeficiency, tuberculosis or bronchial asthma. Lingering adult cough - how to treat it? In addition to the main group of medicines, the patient is prescribed immunomodulatory agents that increase the body's defenses.
A persistent cough is a reason to immediately see a doctor. Self-medication can only aggravate the pathological process and lead to the development of a serious complication.
If the cough lasts more than a month and the symptoms persist even after intensive treatment, then you should see a doctor. Only a doctor will help to find out the cause of a lingering cough and prescribe adequate treatment. Experts start from the sonority of the cough, productivity and test results.
The danger of a lingering cough
Coughing is a natural reaction of the respiratory system to various stimuli. Most often it occurs when infectious disease respiratory organs. There are frequent cases when a lingering cough develops against the background of a nervous shock.
Many doctors say that coughing is a beneficial phenomenon, since the bronchi are cleared in this way. But this is only when the cough is short-lived.
A prolonged cough is a dangerous thing, since it passes into the stage of chronic cough. A lingering cough can be a consequence of bronchitis, this is the most common phenomenon. In medicine, there have been cases when a prolonged cough was a symptom of cancer, heart disease and interstitial pulmonary pathologies.
A lingering cough can be accompanied by wheezing, hemoptysis, persistent or recurrent heartburn, sour belching, stuffy nose, and chest congestion.
A lingering cough can be a symptom of acute respiratory infections, and after a complete cure, it still lasts for some time.
What to do with a prolonged cough?
If the cough lasts more than one month, then you need to see a therapist. The doctor must diagnose and rule out tuberculosis, pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, or lung cancers. Adults do not take a lingering cough seriously and do not consider it to be some kind of deviation from the norm of the body's behavior. This attitude towards your health can be the first step to serious consequences. The cause of the cough must not only be identified, but also eliminated. For medical practice, there are frequent cases when a patient comes to the doctor when the cough has already acquired a chronic form of respiratory tract disease. These are all the consequences of self-medication. Experimenting with your own health is extremely dangerous.
Treatment of a lingering cough
A lingering cough can be cured at home, but only if it is not the result of a dangerous illness. Peel ten heads of onions and a head of fresh garlic, put them in a liter of cow's milk and cook until softened, then add two tablespoons of honey and strain everything through cheesecloth. Drink this remedy every hour, 20 ml.
Inhalation will speed up the separation and release of sputum. To do this, it is best to buy essential oils of marjoram, lavender at the pharmacy. Frankincense or benzoin can be used for inhalation.
The simplest but most effective way to treat a lingering cough is to gargle with a soda solution. To do this, dissolve a teaspoon of soda or salt in a glass of warm water. Be sure to add 3 drops of iodine. Mix everything and gargle every three hours until complete recovery.