Causes of cough, signs and symptoms and Treatment

Causes of cough, signs and symptoms and Treatment 

Coughing is often triggered by mucus that drains down the back of the throat. Infections. An infection of the lungs or upper airway passages can cause a cough. A productive cough may be a symptom of pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, or tuberculosis. Chronic lung disease.
Cough: What is it?
It is body’s needs to get rid of unnecessary substances that irritate the airways, and they transmit air through the nose and mouth to the lungs.
When the respiratory tract is exposed to irritation, air in the lungs is forced to leave them very quickly, under high pressure.

Causes of cough
There are a lot of causes, but doctors say that,  acute and chronic are the two main categories.

Acute cough
It takes about 3 weeks, and may be triggered by infectious and non- infectious causes.

Infectious causes:

viral infections of upper respiratory tract infections (the common cold)
sinus infections
acute bronchitis
pneumonia and whooping cough


Non-infectious causes - exacerbation of chronic diseases such as:
chronic bronchitis
emphysema
asthma
allergies

Cough-signs and symptoms

fever, chills
body aches, sore throat
nausea, vomiting, headache
pressure in the sinuses, fever, night sweats, sputums

Chronic cough

It will be quite difficult to set its symptoms, because it has very often common symptoms with acute cough. If the cough is caused by irritants from the environment, it would deteriorate itself upon exposure to these irritants.
If you suffer from allergic cough, the causes are quite different and you must take necessary medicines. If you have a cough, caused by smoking, it's nice to stop smoking.
If the cough is caused by chronic sinus infections, chronic fever or discharge, you will have signs and symptoms associated with these conditions. Attention! Cough may be the signal for a cancer.
For example, if you spit up blood - this can be a sign of cancer of the lung or airways. Other signs of cancer can be stronger fatigue, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, or difficulty swallowing solid or liquid foods.

If you have these symptoms see a doctor immediately!

Dangerous signs

Visit doctor if you have some of these symptoms:
cough, associated with fever and phlegm
cough, which changes its character
no improvements, after the third week
coughing blood
if you have shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing

Tips to relieve cough

Drink more water, it helps to release mucus and relieve throat irritation
If you have dry irritating cough, put additional cushion
Avoid irritants such as smoke, dust, smoke or other pollutants

17 Folk remedies, herbs and natural Remedies cures of cough

1.Mix half a cup of hot milk with half a cup of baking soda, drink on small sips.
2.Warm a cup of milk, add a tablespoon of honey and drink slowly.
3.Boil five cloves of garlic, then remove them and drink on small sips, while it is still hot.
4.Mix boiled yolk with a tablespoon of sugar, add a little warm milk.
5.Eat fresh and dried apricots- they relieve cough instantly.
6.Mix a spoonful of honey with grape juice.
7.Make a compress on the breasts with olive oil.
8.Drink plenty of herbal tea (4-5 times a day).
9.Boil a teaspoon of oregano in a glass of water. After 10 minutes drink of it (3 times daily).
10.Soak 200 grams. of almonds in water overnight. In the morning, peel them and grind. Add a teaspoon of butter and a tablespoon of honey. Eat 1-2 tablespoons several times a day.
11.Mix 1 tablespoon of honey with a few drops of cognac.
12.Squeeze  juice of a few basil leaves and mix them with equal quantity of honey.
13.Eat plenty of pears - an ideal remedy for coughing.
14. Make a soup of green onion - eat slowly while it is hot.
15.Put in boiling water a tablespoon of rosemary leaves, 1 tablespoon mint, 1 tablespoon of honey and a little lemon juice. Drink several times a day.
16.Dip pieces of orange in a glass of vine  for one night. Eat on the following day (2-3 times a day).
17.Drink herbal tea with cinnamon, or powder with cinnamon a spoonful of honey(do 2-3 times every half anhour, for  amazing and quick results).

What Do We Know About Sesame?  9Unknown facts.

Magic berry called sesame cure many diseases, including cough:
1.Adds energy to the kidneys, which can affect the quality of the bone (osteoporosis eg.), also the formation of blood (anemia).
 2.Increases the quantity and quality of sperm (male infertility).
3. Affects the quality of hair, its growth also affects the hearing.
4.Prevention and treatment of constipation, also - dry cough.
5.Sesame should be daily addition to the diet of women in menopause – when you have hot flushes, sweating, insomnia, palpitations, weakness.
6.In women with premature and strong menstruation.
7.In people with excessive sweating, hyperactivity, tendency to increased blood pressure, heart disease, brain problems.
8.Sesame oil is used for earache, skin burns, as applied with a cotton swab. It can lower high temperature, just smear skin with sesame oil.
9.Increased lifespan.

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