cough

is the body's defense mechanisms in the respiratory tract and is a symptom of a disease or the body's reaction to irritation in the throat due to the mucus, food, dust, smoke and so on. Coughing can be divided into two types: acute and chronic cough cough, they are grouped according to time.


acute cough
a cough that lasts less than 14 days, and in one episode. If the cough is more than 14 days or occurs in 3 episodes for 3 months in a row, called a chronic cough or recurrent chronic cough. Recurrent chronic cough that often strikes children are due to asthma, tuberculosis (TB), and pertussis (whooping cough / cough 100 days).



Pertussis is a chronic cough caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Pertussis can be prevented by immunization DPT.

CAUSE COUGH
There are several causes of cough:

1. Usually caused by an infection in the upper respiratory tract is a symptom of the flu.

2. Upper respiratory tract infection (ARI).

3. allergy

4. Asthma or tuberculosis

5. Foreign objects into the airway

6. Choking from drinking milk

7. Breathing smoke from people around

8. Psychogenic cough. Cough is caused by a lot of emotional and psychological problems.



Some cough medicines that can be bought without a prescription, including those containing:


* Guaifenesin (expectorant Cohistan, Probat, Bisolvon Extra, Actifed expectorant, etc.). The thing to remember is if you drink medications containing Guaifenesin is to drink plenty of water.
* Decongestants such as pseudoephedrine (Actifed, Actifed expectorant, Disudrin, Clarinase, Rhinos SR, Triaminic, etc.). Medicines containing pseudoephedrine can be used to stop a cold liquid (runny) and postnasal drip.


It should not be used if there is high blood pressure or for children under 6 years of age unless prescribed by your doctor.