In our country, coughing is not considered a disease. On the contrary, many people think that they got off easily. And few people pay any attention to coughing after eating. But this is only at first. Many cannot cope with this problem for many years. As a rule, just such a cough can be a symptom of many serious diseases, the definition of which requires careful and lengthy examinations.
A cough that occurs after a certain time after a meal can be a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) , which a gastroenterologist can identify after a series of necessary examinations, examination and diagnosis of the disease itself.
Also today, experts hold a kind of subtle connection in terms of the appearance of a similar cough between GERD and asthma. It is known that the appearance of GERD is characterized by heartburn, which threatens to further develop into sores throughout the esophagus. And in certain cases, reflux disease complicates the course of asthma. Her seizures, complicated by this ailment, become more frequent after a direct meal.
It is precisely in this that the whole danger and seriousness of the situation lies. Asthma that has arisen in this way is not treatable with conventional, generally accepted anti-asthma medicines. Treatment in this case not only does not give a result, but can also cause a number of complications.
Coughing after eating, as a rule, is accompanied by the release of sputum, which accumulates in the bronchi. It can cause various allergic reactions that occur on a particular food product or a specific individual component contained in the composition of the food.
Often the causes of such a cough can be problems and various disorders of the digestive tract or peptic ulcer of the stomach. Therefore, examination by a gastroenterologist and allergist is recommended.
It is necessary to deal with such a cough by cardinal methods: quit (if available) smoking, do not wear fetters, fight overweight, exclude food at night, limit calorie and fatty foods, coffee, chocolate, tea, alcoholic drinks and cola to the maximum.
Basically, to treat this condition, specialists prescribe the use of antacids. They prevent damage to the pharynx and respiratory tract with acidic gastric juice, which led to irritation of their mucous membranes and subsequently caused a cough.
The most common types of cough are:
- Dry.
- Barking.
- Night.
- Wet.
- Habitual.
- Caused by physical exertion.
It should also be noted that coughing after eating can occur due to dehydration. In order for food to be digested, the required amount of liquid is required. Therefore, it is more often observed in older people. For its prevention, it is recommended to drink 2 glasses of water after eating.
In any case, only the experienced specialist can determine the most accurate cause of this phenomenon after passing the necessary tests. And on their basis the most effective treatment will already be prescribed.
Of particular note is children's cough. The consequences can be very serious, so it is so important to establish the cause of this or that type of cough. As a rule, coughing attacks in a child occur due to irritation of the receptors of the tracheobronchial tree.
Most often, such attacks intensify at night, a long horizontal position contributes to the drainage of mucus along the larynx. And this, in turn, causes her irritation and, as a result, the appearance of cough. But to remove attacks, it is only possible knowing the nature of their occurrence.
This condition can result in bronchial asthma or a foreign body entering the respiratory tract, whooping cough accompanied by a convulsive cough, or respiratory disease of the larynx, pharynx, and nose. In addition, the cause of attacks is often bronchitis or pneumonia.
Whatever the cough - wet, dry, barking, deep or superficial - and regardless of whether the cough occurs after eating or at night, you should not ignore it, but immediately contact a qualified specialist.