Symptoms of cough

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Cough often come out and we report, has no longer been people's attention and concern. Therefore, people don't know much about cough. Experts say that cough is not as simple as we think. Once it breaks out, it will make us very painful. I will tell you about the symptoms of cough.

Symptoms of cough

Cough without phlegm or very little amount of phlegm, known as dry cough. Dry cough or irritating cough is common in acute or chronic laryngitis, laryngeal cancer, early stage of acute bronchitis, tracheal compression, bronchial foreign body, bronchial tumor, pleural disease, primary pulmonary hypertension and mitral stenosis. Cough with expectoration is called wet cough, which is common in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, lung abscess and cavitary tuberculosis.

Sudden cough is often caused by inhaling irritant gas or foreign body, lymph node or tumor compressing trachea or bronchial bifurcation. Paroxysmal cough can be seen in pertussis, endobronchial tuberculosis and bronchial asthma (cough variant asthma) with cough as the main symptom. Long term chronic cough, more common in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary abscess and tuberculosis.

If cough hoarseness, vocal cord inflammation or tumor compression caused by recurrent laryngeal nerve; Chick like cough, characterized by continuous paroxysmal severe cough with high-profile inspiratory echo, is more common in pertussis, epiglottis, laryngeal diseases or tracheal compression; Metallic cough is usually caused by direct compression of trachea by mediastinal tumor, aortic aneurysm or bronchial cancer; Cough voice low or weak, seen in severe emphysema, vocal cord paralysis and extreme weakness.

matters needing attention

Cough is relatively easy to treat, but if we want to pay no attention to it and make it chronic, we will depend on it in our life. After all, chronic diseases are not only difficult to treat, but also relatively difficult to cure.