Contents:
- Medical Video: Whooping Cough - Mayo Clinic
- 1. Post-nasal drip
- 2. Asthma cough
- 3. Cough due to stomach acid
- 4. Chronic Obstruction Lung Disease (COPD)
- 5. Cough due to medication
- 6. Pneumonia
- 7. Whooping cough or pertussis
Medical Video: Whooping Cough - Mayo Clinic
Coughing is a normal condition that can occur by anyone and at any time. Many things can cause coughing, but actually coughing is the body's way to relieve the throat and get rid of something that might block the heat channel. When these foreign substances enter the body and get stuck in the throat you will automatically cough.
But sometimes the symptoms of coughing are not as simple as you think. Never underestimate small symptoms, even coughing. Because coughing can be a sign and symptom of an illness. What kind of cough should you know? And what does that mean?
1. Post-nasal drip
Inside the nose and throat there is mucus which is responsible for maintaining moisture and preventing dryness. In conditions of post nasal drip, too much mucus around the nose and throat. This causes the throat canal to become blocked, therefore coughing can occur.
If you experience this condition, the cough you experience can be either a dry cough or cough with phlegm. Mucus that accumulates and accumulates usually occurs when you are at a cold or allergic temperature.
This type of cough will usually get worse at night. You will also often feel itching in the eyes and sneezing. Try to go to a doctor, usually if you have an allergy, the doctor will give an antihistamine drug to treat the cough that appears. If this happens because you feel cold then you can overcome it by warming yourself up by using warm clothes or eating and drinking something warm. But if you keep coughing in a few weeks, you should see a doctor.
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2. Asthma cough
This cough is one symptom that can arise in people with asthma. The type of cough that is experienced by people with asthma is a dry cough and accompanied by wheezing. Asthma sufferers have inflammation in their airways and this causes it to be difficult to breathe, so they often cough.
In addition, the symptoms that are usually experienced by people with asthma are coughs that get worse at night, feel tired, and tightness of the chest. To deal with coughs arising from asthma, the patient must see a doctor. Then usually the doctor will give medicines that can make the airway more relieved.
3. Cough due to stomach acid
GERD aka gastroesophagal reflux disease better known as stomach acid reflux. People who have GERD have problems not only in the digestive tract, but also in the respiratory system, causing coughing.
Under normal conditions, stomach acid will only be in the stomach. But this time stomach acid rises to the throat, causing the throat to become uncomfortable and eventually cough. Coughing is a chronic cough, and according to one study, chronic cough is most often due to GERD. Coughing will get worse if you are lying down or eating.
It is known that as many as 75% of GERD patients studied in the study experienced chronic coughing, hoarseness, and heartburn. This condition of chronic cough can be overcome by treating GERD first, because coughing is a symptom that arises due to this disease.
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4. Chronic Obstruction Lung Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease in the lung characterized by airway obstruction and problems in the air sacs in the lungs. One of the most common symptoms in patients with COPD is long-term coughing up phlegm and most often occurs in the morning. Usually coughing up phlegm will be accompanied by other symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing, fatigue, and feeling tightness in the chest.
5. Cough due to medication
If you experience a dry cough and are taking medication for high blood pressure, it may be caused by the medication you are eating. As many as 20% of hypertension drugs can cause a dry cough and will appear when some time taking the drug. If the cough that appears turns out to be severe, then you should see your doctor and discuss the right hypertension medication to replace the previous medication.
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6. Pneumonia
Initially, symptoms of dry cough arise, then a few days later it becomes a cough with phlegm with green, yellow or bluish red phlegm. Not only that, people with pneumonia also have fever, have difficulty breathing, and feel pain when they take a deep breath. This disease is caused by viruses and bacteria, so the doctor will give medication to treat the symptoms and signs that appear.
7. Whooping cough or pertussis
Whooping cough is an infectious disease that is very easily transmitted. If someone experiences this disease, the symptoms that will be experienced is a hard cough with a long, initial breath through the mouth. Coughing can occur for the next 3 months and sometimes accompanied by other symptoms such as runny nose, runny eyes, fever, and feeling stuffy.
