Acute cough—lasts for less than three weeks Chronic cough—lasts for three weeks or more Causes An acute cough is usually caused by an infection such as acoldorflu. In some cases, an acute cough can be the sign of a more serious condition, such as: ...
There are two factors that will help determine the type of treatment you need for whooping cough: your age and the length of time you've had the infection. If you have symptoms of whooping cough and can get an early diagnosis from your GP within the first three weeks of having the infec...
Post-infectious cough is a cough that begins with a cold or other upper respiratory infection, but does not clear up when the infection does. Instead, it lingers for three weeks or more and becomes chronic. Most susceptible are smokers, because the irritation from the smoke provokes the cough...
If you have a low-grade fever that persists for three weeks or more, but have no other symptoms, your doctor may recommend a variety of tests to help find the cause. 如果你低烧持续了三周,但没有其他症状,医生也许会建议你做些检测来帮助发现病因。 高烧 have a high fever / have a high te...
Acute coughs typically last for less than three weeks and are usually caused by a cold or flu, while chronic coughs last for more than eight weeks and can be an indication of a more serious underlying condition, such as asthma, acid reflux, or lung cancer. To treat a cough, onemust ...
All the chest symptomatics with cough of two weeks or more than two weeks duration attending in GOPD were screened for pulmonary tuberculosis by examining the three sputum smears in designated microscopy center as per RNTCP guidelines. The data was entered and analyzed using epi_info 6.04d. ...
If a cough lasts more than three weeks it is considered a chronic cough, and physicians try to determine a cause beyond an acute infection or irritant. Coughs are generally described as either dry or productive. A dry cough does not bring up a mixture of mucus, irritants, and other ...
Knowledge of tuberculosis and associated health-seeking behaviour among rural Vietnamese adults with a cough for at least three weeks. AIMS: Good general lay knowledge of (TB), its cause and treatment is considered important for both prompt healthcare seeking and adherence to treatment. Th... ...
Acute cough. It comes on suddenly and lasts two to three weeks. Subacute cough. This type lingers after you’ve had an infection and can last three weeks. Chronic cough. This is a cough that lasts eight weeks for adults and four weeks for children and may require medical attention. ...
There are conditions when children might be coughing for three weeks. Cough remaining for more than four weeks can be dangerous and may result in chest infection. There are two types of cough, i.e. dry cough and wet cough Treatments for dry cough vary from the treatments for wet cough and...