Strong cough: where he comes from and what helps
Often it starts as with every typical cold: First it scratches the throat, then the nose runs and finally comes a strong cough. A distinction is made between irritating cough and productive cough with expectoration (mucus).
Strong cough: what are the causes?
Coughing is not always due to a simple cold. These causes are also possible:
- flu
- bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Laryngitis
- asthma
- Strong smoking
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- allergies
- whooping cough
- Croup
- Psychosomatic causes
- Tumors of the lung, for example in lung cancer
What symptoms can still occur?
If it is a cough that can be attributed to a simple respiratory infection, is treatment unnecessary in many cases? within one to two weeks, the symptoms should disappear by themselves. However, you should be careful if you also feel very ill and / or the following symptoms occur:
- fever
- sweats
- chills
- a headache
- palpitations
- Muscle and limb pain
- Strong tiredness
- difficulty in breathing
These symptoms indicate more severe bacterial or viral diseases of the respiratory tract such as pneumonia or bronchitis. And these should definitely be clarified by a doctor.
Do I have to do something against my coughing stimulus?
Strong cough is triggered by, among other things, a bronchitis. The inflammation produces mucus, which should be coughed up
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Not every cough must necessarily be treated. And he should only be suppressed with a cough suppressant if it is unproductive cough or you can not sleep because of the cough in the evening. Ejection should be coughed off against it? because with the mucus go from the pathogens. Thus, the bronchi get rid of the annoying disease-makers more quickly and the lungs are less burdened by the cough.
Strong cough: That's how you get rid of him
On the one hand, drugs and cough syrups help out of the pharmacy, on the other hand natural remedies, especially teas, against the annoying cough. The following plants have a cough suppressant effect:
- thyme
- Eibsch
- fennel
In contrast, these plants are suitable for dissolving mucus:
- licorice
- primrose
- eucalyptus
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