Be careful with cough symptoms

Many people often say "cough", in fact it is not a disease but a symptom of many diseases.

Coughing can be caused by different diseases such as the common cold, bronchitis, acute pneumonia or chronic pneumonia. Each disease has a different treatment, so confusion is not only ineffective but also prolongs the disease and causes complications.

Distinguishing between coughs caused by colds and bronchitis

Cough can originate from various illnesses such as the common cold, bronchitis, acute pneumonia or chronic pneumonia.

So how to distinguish between the common cold and bronchitis when they share the same symptoms of prolonged cough, fever, chills, and headache?

First of all, from the root, the common cold is a disease caused by inflammation in the upper respiratory tract such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, which is often caused by viruses. The disease occurs after a change in body temperature, such as from hot to cold after bathing.

The disease usually has symptoms such as runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, itchy throat, sore throat, watery eyes, cough, headache, body aches, fatigue, mild fever and poor appetite. The disease only lasts for 5-7 days but weakens the body's resistance. People with a lot of cough often have phlegm, phlegm is thin, white and easy to spit out. People with a cough more at night and when the weather is warmer, the cough will decrease.

Bronchitis causes cough due to viruses and bacteria that cause inflammation of the lung's airway system.

Therefore, the common cold will usually go away within 5-7 days of treatment, but with bronchitis, the disease will last longer.

Persistent cough, coughing in bouts, sore throat, and suffering from coughing are very common symptoms in polluted living environments and humid weather.

Cough due to acute and chronic pneumonia

Both acute and chronic pneumonia are lung diseases. However, with acute pneumonia, the patient coughs a lot, coughs up yellow phlegm, has a high fever, has severe chest pain, and the pain increases when coughing and breathing deeply.

As for chronic pneumonia, the disease progresses slowly, especially chronic pneumonia often occurs in people with upper respiratory tract diseases such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis recurring many times and another difference in chronic pneumonia is that the patient does not have a fever.

Warning signs of a dangerous cough

If the cough lasts more than three weeks, is not relieved by medication, is accompanied by fever, cough with green, rusty brown, or yellow phlegm, coughing up blood, shallow breathing, or chest pain when coughing, it may be a sign of a number of dangerous diseases...

For patients with a history of asthma, tuberculosis, high blood pressure, stomach pain, and significant weight loss, they should see a doctor to find the cause for radical treatment, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, tuberculosis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, lung cancer, etc.

According to Zing