Foods to avoid when you have a cough

Coughing is often accompanied by a feeling of pain, burning, itchy throat, loss of voice, causing discomfort for the patient. For the treatment process to quickly achieve results, in addition to following the doctor's treatment regimen, diet also plays an important role. So, when we have a cough, what should we not eat?

To relieve cough, you need to treat it with medication actively and strictly. In addition, you should avoid some of the following foods for the best treatment results.

When you have a cough, you should not eat fishy foods (crab, fish, shrimp...) because they can cause difficulty breathing and the fishy smell will cause irritation and cause coughing.

You should avoid eating vegetables and fruits that contain a lot of mucus such as jute, Malabar spinach, taro, yam... because they can pull phlegm, irritate the throat and increase coughing.

Cough patients should not eat foods that have been stored in the refrigerator without being heated. Because the patient will absorb cold air, causing the lungs to become cold, which will make the cough symptoms worse. Related organs such as the spleen and stomach will also have impaired function if they eat too much cold food. Therefore, with cold foods, they should be heated before eating.

Spicy foods are good for digestion but are not good for people with acute pharyngitis. Spices such as chili, ginger, pepper, lemongrass, mustard... can make the throat more swollen, hot, red and inflamed. The spicy taste irritates the throat, causing the cough to increase. Children who eat spicy food and cough can easily choke, which is dangerous to their life and health.

Grilled, fried, and stir-fried foods should not be eaten much, especially for people with sore throats, tonsillitis, or pain when swallowing saliva. Because these are hard foods that when swallowed will rub against the throat wall, causing pain, scratches, and surface damage, making the throat take longer to recover. Fried and stir-fried foods also increase phlegm, making coughs take longer to heal.

Children with coughs should not eat smoked foods or foods high in salt such as chips, french fries, etc. Eating a lot of the above fast foods can make the cough worse.

Some foods are not suitable for people with coughs and sore throats, such as egg yolks, potato soup, sauces containing tapioca starch, arrowroot starch, etc. These are difficult-to-swallow foods that can irritate and make the cough worse. In particular, you should not eat chicken when you have a cough or are treating a cough or sore throat.

People with coughs should avoid cold alcohol and cold beer as it can increase the irritation of the throat. Because alcohol is not enough to disinfect, it can make the sore throat worse.

Coughing patients should not drink carbonated drinks, especially iced drinks, because they can cause hoarseness, loss of voice, and make the cough worse.

In short, when coughing, in addition to actively treating the cause of the cough, the patient needs a reasonable, nutritious and healthy diet. Thus, the patient will have enough strength to fight the attack of the cough.

According to VNN