Ding Yonggang
Cough is a symptom that occurs in each of us. It is a protective action to remove foreign bodies and secretions in the trachea. Many people think that a cough is just a cold, and it’s good to take some cough medicine, but if you don’t pay attention to a long-term, severe cough, it may delay the treatment.
Common causes of acute cough are as follows: acute respiratory infection, acute tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, etc. It can also be seen in some physical and mechanical reasons, such as pulmonary embolism, bronchial foreign bodies, and inhalation of irritating gases.
Chronic cough is common in the following aspects:
Respiratory diseases, chronic throat diseases, such as chronic pharyngitis, chronic laryngitis, laryngeal tuberculosis, laryngeal cancer, etc.; chronic bronchial diseases, such as Chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, bronchial tuberculosis, tumors, etc.; chronic lung diseases, such as pneumonia, emphysema, tuberculosis, lung abscess, lung cancer and other diseases.
Pleural disease Pleurisy, pleural malignancy, etc.
Cardiovascular disease Left heart failure caused by various heart diseases. For example, mitral valve stenosis, hypertensive heart disease, etc. can cause left heart failure, which often occurs after exercise or after falling asleep at night, often accompanied by shortness of breath, or even wheezing, coughing up white or pink foamy sputum, Forced to sit up to relieve, this situation must be seen immediately, so as not to delay the disease and endanger life. In addition, an enlarged heart compressing the trachea can also cause a cough, usually a refractory persistent cough.
Mediastinal tumors, enlarged lymph nodes Mediastinal tumors and enlarged lymph nodes that compress the trachea can also cause coughing.
Aspiration of food, etc. The fistula between the esophagus and trachea can also allow food to enter the trachea and cause coughing.
It can be seen that there are many reasons for coughing. If the cough persists for a long time, or recurs, which affects your daily life, it is recommended to seek medical attention as soon as possible.