ProductiveBronchitisA chronic 'productive' or 'wet' cough is a common presenting complaint for patients attending the adult respiratory clinic. Most reviews and guidelines suggest that the causes of a productive cough are the same as those of a non-productive cough and as such the same diagnostic...
Some people experience dry coughs in the early stages of a respiratory or viral infection, or when an infection is on the wane. When such infections are at their peak, the cough usually becomes productive, with coughs bringing up sputum, in contrast with a true dry cough, which tends to ...
As mentioned, most coughs may initially start off as a non-productive cough (dry cough) but can progress to a productive cough (wet cough) with time. Apart from certain infections, any irritation of the airway as result of allergies, air pollution, cigarette smoking and certain drugs may res...
Otogenic cough: A minority of individuals have a branch of the nerve used in the cough reflex lining the ear canal. Irritation of the canal (Q-tips, ear wax [cerumen], etc.) may cause irritation of this nerve and thus induce a persisting and non-productive cough. While this is a relat...
Nonstop Cough Relief: How to Stop Coughing The underlying cause of a nonstopcoughmust be diagnosed before it can be successfully treated and cured. However, there are also things you can do to relieve the symptoms of a cough temporarily. ...
Cough-variant asthma is atype of asthmain which the main symptom is a dry, non-productive cough. (A non-productive cough does not expel any mucus from the respiratory tract.) People with cough-variantasthmaoften have no other "classic"asthma symptoms, such aswheezingor shortness of breath....
Acute Dry Cough Anacute dry coughis one that is persistent for less than three weeks. The reasons for the cough are more likely caused by an infection or in some cases, a non-infectious source. Hazel is 93 years old and living in the nursing home. It's the middle of winter and it ...
Otogenic cough: A minority of individuals have a branch of the nerve used in the cough reflex lining the ear canal. Irritation of the canal (Q-tips, ear wax [cerumen], etc.) may cause irritation of this nerve and thus induce a persisting and non-productive cough. While this is a relat...
This is also a non-productive cough, but it is not caused by physical irritants or the need to expel anything. A nervous cough is aggravated by feeling anxious or stressed and tends to disappear when the person sleeps. Other causes of cough need to be excluded before a doctor diagnoses a...
Types of Cough Broadly, a cough can be divided into : Dry cough, non productive cough, in which no mucus is produced or coughed up. Wet cough, or a productive cough, is when mucus is present, either heard in the lungs or airways (chest) or coughed up into the throat or mouth. ...