cough,sudden, forceful expiration of air from the lungs caused by an involuntary contraction of the muscles controlling the process of breathing. The cough is a response to some irritating condition such as inflammation or the presence of mucus (sputum) in the respiratory tract, as in infectious...
For example, if you have mucus with asthma or COPD, your provider may prescribe a bronchodilator such asAlbuterol. Although Albuterol does not break up mucus itself, it does open the airways to help you cough and expel mucus more productively. Viral pneumonia isn't typically treated as it usu...
Dry cough: Common in conditions like asthma, lung cancer, and GERD Wet or productive cough: Commonly seen with colds, the flu, and other infections Choking cough: The result of an airway obstruction like mucus, food, or other objects
While early signs of whooping cough are similar to that of a cold (sneezing and a runny nose), later signs include coughing up or vomiting mucus and coughing fits that last 20 to 30 seconds. Croup. If your child has croup, the cough may need to be treated differently than other kinds ...
Productive cough. Also called a wet cough, this cough brings up mucus orphlegm. Nonproductive cough. This is a dry cough that doesn’t bring up mucus or phlegm. Acute cough. It comes on suddenly and lasts two to three weeks. Subacute cough. This type lingers after you’ve had an infect...
She learned the unexplained cough wasn't asthma. And it wasn't bronchitis or pneumonia either. It was whoopingcough. In recent years, whooping cough has been diagnosed increasingly in teens and adults, although the disease typically had its most serious complications in infants. ...
Causes of Coughing Up Vomit Coughing can push out mucus and air from the respiratory tract but the expelled air cannot draw out the digested food in the digestive tract. Sometimes when coughing, the process of vomiting is initiated. The intestinal contents are then pushed out at the same time...
Productive cough.Also called a wet cough, this cough brings up mucus or phlegm. Non-productive cough.This is a dry cough that doesn’t bring up mucus or phlegm. Acute cough.It comes on suddenly and lasts for 2-3 weeks. Subacute cough.This type lingers after you’ve had an infection an...
I cough up mucus EVERY day - when I catch a common cold I cough for 18-20hrs a day and rattle with chest infections. When I’m well I still cough for 3-4hrs a day - mainly first thing in the morning when I wake. The second i go from horizontal (even though I s...
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways in the lungs and bronchial tubes, the lower airway, that impairs breathing, causes wheezing, coughing and excess mucus and phlegm production. Asthma is the source of about one-fourth of al... George Andrew Eby III 被引量: 2发表: 2007年 Use...