How to treat cough in adults?

Cough in an adult can be caused by various reasons. Accordingly, and treatment can not be universal. Since one can accurately diagnose one of the ninety reasons for coughing only after the examination, we will not go into the causes, but try to cope with the cough themselves.

Just want to warn that advice on how to treat cough in adults, is not given by a professional physician, but a smoker with twenty years of experience and weakened immunity.

If the cough does not go away for seven days and is accompanied by fever (up to 38 degrees), consult a doctor. And if the temperature rises above 38 degrees, then how to treat a cough in adults, the local doctor or ambulance team will already popularly explain.

At first, you do not have to worry about the doctors and try to get rid of the cough on your own for seven days.

To begin with, how to cure cough in adults who smoke. Nobody is going to lecture you about the dangers of smoking. You yourself know perfectly well that you have exacerbated bronchitis. To get rid of a cough, try to at least a couple of days not to smoke and "ventilate" the lungs, forcing them to work during walking walks. The cough will pass quickly, possibly, with it the desire to smoke also disappears.

Cough can be dry and with phlegm.

If there is mucus during the cough, there is a hope that it will soon pass. Wet coughing the body cleanses itself of pathogenic bacteria and foreign substances.

Dry cough often causes pain and prevents sleep. Basically, the cure for this cough is to force him to go into a cough phase with sputum. Isolation of mucus on coughing often indicates an early recovery.

You can tell how to treat cough in adults, and in any pharmacy. First of all you will be asked what a cough is. If it turns out that the cough is dry, you will be advised to buy an expectorant. Believe me, no matter how much this syrup costs, you should buy it. In the initial stage of the disease, it is better to use such inoffensive means, which are permitted even for children. Strongly acting drugs can cause side effects or exacerbation of the disease.

Until the exact diagnosis is made on the basis of a medical examination (blood test, urine, fluorography), radical traditional medicine is not recommended. Some of them can cause allergic reactions, exacerbation of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine system or provoke a fatal change in blood pressure.

The more harmless your self-medication is, the less money you will spend later on fighting complications!

The most harmless folk "medicine" for coughing for adults is warm milk with honey.

When you cough, all drinks should not be hot, but warm. Boiling water can damage already irritated tissues.

With a dry cough, you can try to mix honey and cranberries in equal proportions and take this mixture half an hour after eating (three times a day). To get rid of cough more quickly, you should give up coffee, spicy and salty foods, sweet and alcohol for a while. Eat better than cereals and mashed potatoes. It is advisable to eat salads, in which there are grated carrots and radishes.