What is the cause of cough?

summary

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?

1. Upper respiratory tract infection: that is, a cold, is due to the virus through the nose and throat into the human body, causing inflammation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa. When children have a cold, they usually cough.

2. Bronchitis: mostly due to the spread of upper respiratory tract infection, the onset is more acute. At the beginning, it is mostly dry cough, followed by cough, expectoration and other discomfort. In severe cases, due to breathing difficulties, there is hypoxia, and the lips turn blue purple.

3. Pneumonia: most children under 2 years old are bronchopneumonia, which is 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 ℃.

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.