What can the situation mean when the cough does not clear? How to deal with this?

The appearance of such a symptom, as a cough, greatly complicates life. It's one thing if you always celebrate it at this time of year in response to the flowering of some herbs or to contact another allergen (for example, with detergent). Another thing is, when the cough does not clear (that is, it is dry), it does not bother you for the first day.

If the cough does not pass 2 weeks or a little more (up to 20 days), it is considered acute. The causes are usually infectious diseases of the respiratory tract:

1) Viral: influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus infection. Such a cough is usually dry at the beginning, a small amount of mucous (transparent or whitish) mucus can be cleared up. It is accompanied by a rise in temperature, weakness, runny nose, red eyes.

2) Bacterial: staphylococcal, streptococcal, pneumococcal, pertussis. These microbes can enter the body against the background of an already existing viral infection. In this case, a situation such as a cough does not clear up, no: a rather large amount of yellow, yellow-white, yellow-green (purulent) sputum departs.

Independently arisen (not against the background of acute respiratory infections) bacterial infection is most often manifested in the form of a fever, there may be a dry cough, with a gradual transformation into a wet one. There is abundant purulent sputum.

Cough for a week or two - a sign of the onset of a chronic illness

1. If the cough does not clear, it can be a manifestation of bronchial asthma. In this case, there is no temperature, a person may be disturbed by a difficulty in exhaling, a moderate sense of lack of air. Ravines can be heard on exhalation (even at a distance), while counting the number of breaths - more than 20 per minute.

2. Chronic bronchitis. In this case, the cause is more often bacterial or viral, the infection gets into the bronchi usually on the background of smoking. Here, cough is often wet, sputum is purulent, in the morning a large number of it goes away. Characterized by faster fatigue, weakness.

3. Tuberculosis of the lungs. In this case, the cough is more likely to be wet, hemoptysis, weakness, sweating at night, a slight increase in temperature.

4. The use of such drugs as Enalapril, Berlipril, Captopril (Kapptpress), and lisinopril cause a situation when the cough does not clear, it is dry and quite exhausted. The withdrawal of the drug leads to the disappearance of symptoms.

5. Heart diseases, including hypertension. This cough is dry, usually occurs at night.

6. Oncological diseases of the lungs. For this, not only a dry cough, but also a decrease in body weight, weakness, can be hemoptysis.

7. Occupational lung diseases : silicosis, asbestosis.

Recommendations for a fairly long course of the disease

If the cough does not clear, then do the following:

A) measurement of blood pressure;

B) measurement of body temperature three times a day;

C) a general blood test;

D) X-ray examination of the lungs.

This must be done to find out why a cough does not last a week or more.

Before the results of the survey are ready, do an inhalation with a 1% soda,
Boiled potato husks. If there is a suspicion of the allergic nature of the cough, then Erius, Cetrin, or another antihistamine will be effective. If the body temperature is increased, then inhalation should not be done, it is better to drink a tablet of "Lazolvan" (Ambroxol) and to undergo examinations, according to which it will be possible to conclude whether you have an infectious disease and whether you need antibiotics.