Everyone knows the problem of coughing. From early childhood, he pursues us until the end of his life. What and how we just do not accept to avoid this ailment. Some rush to the pharmacy for modern medicines, while others rush headlong into traditional medicine, not trusting doctors and drugs - but where is the middle ground, what to do, and where to look for a remedy for this, at first glance, seemingly simple disease.
To find this middle, you need to find out what a cough is. It can be of several types, which are divided according to the mechanisms of development and causes. There are many causes of dry cough, the treatment of which is often long and does not bring the desired result. These are various kinds of diseases, such as sinusitis, measles, tuberculosis, whooping cough, the initial stage of acute respiratory diseases, allergic exacerbations. Usually it occurs against the background of the onset of inflammation of the mucous membranes or with fibrinous deposits in the bronchi or trachea.
One of the varieties of this type of cough is called "barking cough", which is characterized by the presence of a metal overtone in the throat and usually occurs with laryngitis. Its appearance is caused by a change in the vocal cords.
All types of this ailment require the use of various therapeutic methods. For example, dry cough treatment implies in one way: if it is obsessive, therapy is aimed at suppressing it. But in most cases, therapy consists in intensifying a cough in order to transfer it from an unproductive state to a productive wet cough. According to many experts, resorting to treatment of cough should only be when it is painful, obsessive, disrupts the general well-being of a person. This includes a dry cough, the treatment of which does not cause sputum discharge, it remains intrusive and debilitating. That's why doctors call it unproductive.
For it to become wet, mucus must form. Until it is gone, a dry cough will cause a person a lot of trouble. It is impossible to sleep and breathe normally, the stomach is under the influence of constant tension, because muscle cramps occur during coughing, which is unpleasant, painful, and also dangerous for a person, as bleeding can sometimes be provoked. To avoid all this, you should immediately take measures to calm the cough.
Dry cough preparations in the form of medicines, tablets, syrups are presented in pharmacies in a fairly wide range.
When a dry cough exhausts you, treatment will be effective with drugs that belong to the overwhelming group. Also, folk remedies for dry cough bring good results, so it is better to combine the use of various drugs. To slightly alleviate the occurrence of dry cough, you need to drink a lot of warm liquid throughout the day.
If you suffer from a dry cough, you can try to start treatment with hot tea - black or green. Ginger tea with honey is especially helpful . Tea with lemon and honey has also proven itself. One of the best ways to get rid of this disease is to gargle with a solution of salt in warm water. All these folk methods will certainly help to quickly solve the cough problem in the shortest possible time.
But the most effective remedies for dry cough are drugs that contain dextromethorphan. It is necessary to take this medicine with caution, according to the instructions, since side effects can occur, especially in those people who have hypertension, disorders in the work of the heart, prostate gland, chronic respiratory diseases.