Myth 1

Cough is an independent disease.

Cough is a reflex in response to some stimulus, and is a symptom of the disease.

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Myth 2

Cough is always associated with diseases of the lungs and bronchi.

More than 50% of patients with prolonged cough syndrome do not suffer from bronchopulmonary pathology at all.

Cough can cause: gastroesophageal reflux (throwing acid from the stomach into the esophagus), pathology of the ENT organs (chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis), postnasal leakage (drainage of mucus along the back wall of the pharynx), medication, heart pathology.

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Myth 3

With any cough, you need to take expectorants / mucolytics / antibiotics.

It is necessary to be treated comprehensively, since it is necessary to eliminate not the cough itself, but its cause. What caused the cough? Asthma -...