The aggravation of environmental pollution, the sharp changes in the climate, and the stimulation of smoke and dust will make people's respiratory tract undergo no small test every day.
Many people often cough non-stop, and some people can continue to cough for months or even years, but when they go to the hospital to take a chest x-ray to check the lungs, there is no abnormality, and there are no other uncomfortable symptoms.
In fact, this is what is medically defined as "chronic cough".
The only symptom of chronic cough patients is a long cough, so what factors can cause chronic cough?
Factor one: respiratory problems
There is a disease called upper airway syndrome, which is mainly caused by coughing when the patient is stimulated by secretions from the respiratory tract such as the nose and throat.
For example, rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, etc., will cause patients to cough more during the day.
Factor two: gastroesophageal reflux
Some people often regurgitate acid, burn the heart, and flatulence after meals, and at the same time cough for many years and cannot find the cause of cough. These seemingly unrelated symptoms are actually related.
Some patients with gastroesophageal reflux have both cough and reflux symptoms, but some patients have only one cough. Doctors will do a 24-hour esophageal PH test in suspected cases to diagnose the disease.
Factor three: cough variant asthma
Some people are very sensitive, stimulated by cold air, pollen, smoke, etc., the trachea will have a strong contraction reaction, resulting in a violent cough. This is what medicine calls airway hyperreactivity.
If the cough is chronic for more than two months, consider cough variant asthma. Doctors usually test the patient's lung function when diagnosing the condition.
Factor four: allergic cough
Some people are allergic to substances such as dust mites, pollen, and fungal spores, and once exposed to them, they can induce a chronic cough. This type of person generally coughs for a long time, some more than three months, and some can cough for several years without being cured.
Patients with chronic cough are very painful, how to relieve it?
Method 1: Follow the doctor's instructions for examination and use the drug
Although patients with chronic cough may have only one symptom, the cause may be caused by lesions of other organs and tissues. Patients need to carry out corresponding examinations under the guidance of a doctor to find a clear cause for symptomatic treatment.
For example, for patients with allergic cough and variant asthma, doctors will prescribe glucocorticoids, and for patients with sinusitis, doctors will recommend oral antibiotics.
At this time, patients must not be smart, as soon as they see "hormones" and "antibiotics" drugs, they refuse to take the drug, delaying treatment.
Method 2: Adopt the method of dietary therapy
Patients with chronic cough can eat more throat-nourishing foods, such as honey, rock sugar stewed sydney pear, white radish, apple juice, etc. These foods can dissolve the body's heat and dryness, moisturize the throat, and alleviate cough symptoms.
Method 3: Avoid allergens
Patients with allergic coughs need to remove dust and mites regularly from their daily environment, and families with conditions can use air purifiers. The patient's family needs to quit smoking and create a good air environment so as not to irritate the patient's respiratory tract.
Chronic coughs, while annoying, are not completely incurable. Patients are best not to listen to folk remedies, and to go to the corresponding departments of regular hospitals as much as possible.
In addition to active treatment, patients should eat less spicy and irritating foods every day, and increase or decrease clothing in time for sudden temperature changes to avoid colds and induce cough aggravation.