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What Causes Persistent Non Productive Cough?
I have had a non productive cough for approx. a month. It s a nagging cough during the day and frequently at night. I have a history of lung cancer for which I had surgery followed by chemo two years ago and no signs of recurrence with another CT scan checkup in Dec. I never had any symptoms when they discovered the Ca. What could it be? K YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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The cough could be because of the irritation because of the air flow.
The airflow dries up the trachea (wind pipe ) because of the decreased lung volume so the need for air is increased and the flow becomes tubulent and causes more irritation .
you need to take humidified air .Take antihistaminics like cetrizine , loratidine etc to decrease the allergic response.
in doubt do reply
Thanks for asking to HCM
The cough could be because of the irritation because of the air flow.
The airflow dries up the trachea (wind pipe ) because of the decreased lung volume so the need for air is increased and the flow becomes tubulent and causes more irritation .
you need to take humidified air .Take antihistaminics like cetrizine , loratidine etc to decrease the allergic response.
in doubt do reply
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