Chronic coughing can ruin a person's life. It deprives you of normal life, provoking insomnia, drowsiness, decreased performance, concentration issues, and headaches. 10–20 % of adults suffer from this debilitating disease.
Dr. Ely
Chronic cough
A chronic cough lasts more than 8 weeks in adults and more than 4 weeks in children. The complexity of treatment is determined by the many possible reasons for the development of the cough and, as a result, a wide range of complications.
Primary reasons
The cause of chronic cough can be the pathology of both the respiratory system (problems in the nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi, or lungs) and organs that are completely unrelated. According to statistics, in nine out of ten non-smokers, chronic cough means one of three diseases:===
- Diseases of the upper respiratory tract
- Bronchial asthma
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Other causes include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, lung cancer, or foreign bodies in the airways....
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