What is the cause of cough?

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Cough is a protective respiratory reflex action of the human body to remove secretions or foreign bodies in the respiratory tract. Although it has its advantages, but severe long-term cough can lead to respiratory tract bleeding. To distinguish cough from cough variant asthma and prevent misdiagnosis. The treatment of cough should distinguish the type of cough, western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine can be, but food therapy is the best. What is the cause of cough? Let's talk about it

What is the cause of cough?

First: the common cause of cough is pneumonia. Most of the patients under 2 years old are bronchopneumonia, mostly caused by upper respiratory tract infection or bronchitis. Generally, there will be dry cough, shortness of breath, cyanosis of lips, flapping of nasal wings, etc. Except for newborns, the fever usually reaches 39 ℃.

Second: acute laryngitis: when the virus or bacteria through the throat, it will also cause throat infection. In addition to dry cough and throat pain, the most typical symptom of acute laryngitis is hoarseness, even no voice. When inhaling air, it coughs like a dog, and when it is serious, it will produce laryngeal wheezing.

Third: environmental hazards: a large number of smoke in the environment, such as dust, carbon monoxide and other harmful substances, enter the human body through the respiratory tract, reducing the body's resistance, thus inducing respiratory tract infection. Some data show that the number of recurrent respiratory tract infections in families with coal as the main fuel is 19 times higher than that in other families. Another important reason is passive smoking.

matters needing attention

(1) Rest can reduce the condition, so cough patients should pay attention to rest（ 2) Keep your body warm so that you don't catch cold again（ 3) Drink plenty of water to replenish the body's excessive water consumption（ 4) Eat more nutritious food, for stimulating food, such as tobacco, wine, spicy, cold drinks, try to fast（ 5) Cold or cough should be treated as soon as possible, without delay. (6) when exposed to fresh air, some patients recuperate in the mountains and recover quickly, because fresh air will not aggravate the irritation of the lung and trachea.