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How to calm an adult’s cough: ways
Cough is a fairly common symptom in diseases of the respiratory system. It is difficult to determine the cause of the cough yourself, so it is better to see a doctor right away. But sometimes there are situations when there is no opportunity. In this case, you need to know how to calm an adult’s cough and ease its condition.
Knowing how to calm a cough in an adult can quickly alleviate the patient’s condition.
How to calm a cough at home
Coughing is a defense mechanism that helps clear mucus, phlegm, and pathogens. But sometimes it can be very painful. A dry cough is a lot of discomfort, so it is advisable to keep the mouth and nose moist. To prevent the patient from suffering from an unproductive dry cough, you can use the following folk methods:
- rubbing the chest;
- steam inhalation;
- the use of funds based on herbal decoctions and infusions.
Inhalation should be done very carefully. It is best to use boiled potatoes, propolis or eucalyptus essential oil. The liquid or mass should not be too hot so as not to burn the mucous membranes. There are good reviews about the use of the nebulizer. Inhalation can be the simplest, based on saline.
Knowing how to calm a cough in an adult can quickly alleviate the patient’s condition.
Types of cough
There are two types of cough: dry and wet. A dry cough is harder to tolerate, accompanied by chest pain, sore throat, and sore throat. In addition, this type of cough is often delayed in treatment. Wet, on the other hand, flows faster due to the secreted sputum from the bronchi.
Also, the duration of the cough is periodic and constant. Periodic is typical for colds, bronchitis, ARVI and others. And the permanent one occurs already with more serious diseases.
How to calm a dry cough at night
With simple remedies, you can stop a dry cough at night.
Here are the most affordable recipes:
Sunflower oil drink. Ingredients: 150 ml of boiling water, 2 tbsp. l. sunflower oil, a little salt. You can do without salt, but many people do not like the taste of this drink, although it resembles an ordinary broth. Stir everything and drink in small sips.
Eggnog. Components: one yolk, 1 tbsp. l. liquid honey, 1 tbsp. l. butter and a glass of milk. Beat the yolk, add to the milk, while the liquid must be constantly stirred. Then add oil and honey. Drink while hot.
Honey with ginger. Grate a piece of ginger root. Mix a teaspoon of juice with a spoonful of honey.
“To alleviate the condition, you need to put a high pillow under your head and provide access to fresh and moist air.”
How to calm a cough if your throat is bothering you
It is helpful to rinse your nose with salt water. Water and salt will remove the virus from the nasopharynx and throat. Drinking regimen is also important: you need to drink a lot and often. Drinks should be warm. It is useful to drink herbal teas, milk with honey. If the air in the room is dry, it often causes sore throat and coughing. If it is not possible to put a humidifier, you need to hang wet towels on the heating radiators.
It must be remembered: a cough is not a disease, but a symptom of various diseases. Therefore, you need to eliminate the root cause, simultaneously alleviating the cough and the patient’s condition.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Pulmonologist Andrey Malyavin
– There is no dry and wet cough, which is often operated on, there is productive and unproductive. In acute bronchitis, for example, mucus, which is usually easily removed from the body, becomes viscous. Its amount increases, a cork is created that must be thrown away. To do this, it is necessary to dilute the phlegm (using mucolytic drugs) and evacuate the accumulated mucus (using a cough). Don’t suppress your cough, because he is the body’s defense reaction. When the cleaning mechanism constantly operating in the respiratory system does not cope, coughing turns on.