Struggling with a cough is horrible. Not only can it cause a sore throat if you don’t already have one in which case it can become unbearable, but it can interfere with your sleep too and it’s never nice to be the one disrupting everyone else. A cough can be caused by many things. Something may have irritated your lungs or throat such as when you have allergies or breathe in … [Read more...]

A persistent cough – is incredibly frustrating, makes it tough to sleep and very uncomfortable especially with people around. But it isn’t bad all the time. Wet Cough is just body’s way of clearing the mucus accumulated in your airway. When bacteria, pollen or virus irritate the nerve endings between throat and lungs, you experience dry cough – a body’s reaction to get rid … [Read more...]

Cough is an infection of the upper respiratory tract can cause swelling and irritation of the upper airways. Although, it is a common health problem in everyone but not serious if ends in a week or 10 days. Cough occurs when there is a blockage or irritation in your throat or upper air passages. It is because of common cold, flu, viral infections, smoking or other health … [Read more...]

Cough is very frustrating and terribly uncomfortable both physically and emotionally. There are two types of cough – dry and wet cough. Dry cough is caused by allergens, dust and other irritants. Wet cough is caused when mucous or phlegm is developed in the throat. Viral infection, cold, smoking, asthma, lung cancer, tuberculosis and dust are some of the reasons behind the … [Read more...]

Coughing is irritating. It can cause a sore throat and if you are coughing a lot your stomach muscles usually also start feeling it after a while. It can be embarrassing to cough if you are in public and it makes it hard to sleep. If you have a dry cough, it’s likely that you have breathed something in that has irritated your lungs or throat, or perhaps have allergies, … [Read more...]

Dry cough is extra painful because it does not produce phlegm. Without phlegm as a lubricant, your throat becomes dry and irritated, and tissues can get damaged. Dry coughing or hacking is caused by infection, inflammation, lung ailments, and the inhalation of dust, smoke or other irritants. As a symptom of the common cold, it's often accompanied by fever, shortness of … [Read more...]

Cough and cold usually occur when there is a change in season. Coughing is body’s natural way to expel the unwanted particles from the air passage. Toddlers or young children are at higher risk of getting this cough as they are very sensitive to changing environmental conditions. Toddlers cough can be caused by many reasons, such as: allergies, weather changes, pneumonia, … [Read more...]