how do people got a coughf?

Question

my auntie su has got a coughf she is wondering what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

For many people, a cough is much more than an annoyance. In addition to being physically draining, a cough that hangs on for months can alienate your family and co-workers, ruin your sleep, and leave you feeling angry and frustrated. For a condition that may be relatively minor, a chronic cough can have major repercussions.

Causes

A cough begins when an irritant — stomach acid, mucus, hair spray, perfume, even spicy food — stimulates nerves in your respiratory tract. The cough impulse travels to your brain, which then signals muscles in your stomach and diaphragm to give a strong push to air in your lungs. It takes such force to expel irritants that the speed of coughed air can approach 500 miles an hour.

An occasional cough is normal — it helps clear foreign substances and secretions from your lungs and prevents infection. But a cough that persists for long periods of time is usually the result of an underlying problem, such as:

- Postnasal drip
- Asthma.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Respiratory tract infection.
- Blood pressure drugs.
- Chronic bronchitis.
- Bronchiectasis.
- Lung cancer. -

Answer 2

Try Medicines. Also try putting some kettle hot water in a bowl, add some menthol stuff like Vicks Vapo Rub into the bowl. Give it 5 Mins to melt.

Add a cloth over your head then breathe in through yours nose out through your mouth for 20 to 30 mins. 3 times a day over 2 days should work.