Chronic cough: what you need to know

A chronic cough is a cough that has lasted for more than six weeks. In this video, respiratory expert Dr Neal Navani explains what can cause chronic coughs and when it's time to see a doctor.

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[VictorIsSoCool]

Some people are saying that they're are coughing for a long period of time. I've been having the same. I feel tired and my cough isn't harmful but irritating. I've seen doctors and they say I'm fine. But the overall point of this is that everyone with these coughs are in either too cold or too hot places with too many pollen around them. Or it may be that the temperature changes gradually over time causing your immune system to act differently, causing you to sometimes cough. I took some allergy pills from my doctor and I felt a bit better over time. I would recommend taking daily medications of allergy or your prescription pills recommended by your doctor, you should watch what you eat and how hot and cold your main home is. Now I am not a doctor, if you are having serious coughs that do not go away, seriously. Visit your doctor!

[jankeely]

What’s annoying for me is I can be sitting in a meeting at work and all of a sudden I feel this itch or something in the back of my throat and I know this cough is fixing to come that make me almost want to throw up what is it, is it allergies.

[dfgvcbh]

Doctor, i've been coughing for the past 2 and a half months i took all of my medicine and after the cough go away it will come back please help me :( (im 11y/o)

[Itzmonday]

I cough a lot they said I have asthma but I had an inhaler for awhile didn’t work it’s bad anxiety

[ALpHa--PRiMe]

Its been almost 2 months since i have these vomit coughs(thats what i call it now) and its really starting to annoy me.

[gracemarks]

I’ve been coughing non stop for 3 weeks now

[yohanalexander]

Im having a dry cough for like 3 years its not a normal cough after the cough u dont feel that sensation it just feels stuck!

[nessaj]

My dry cough was because of sniffing up espestos the doctor had said that. I wonder if years later would that still effect U? People should check for that if they cough so much but don't have Asama or a cold or smoker's cough. Check your heater vents and filters. Make sure your air is clean. Especially if U knew U didn't have that cough and U all of a sudden couldn't stop coughing.

[pepto]

I’m 12 and I’ve been coughing since last week when I started boys and girls club

[alexmarsden]

is it normal to have a cough without a sore throat

[katyperez]

Hi doctor I have a question my husband has been coughing since last year they don't find anything thank GOD he only cough when he goes to sleep, he don't smoke he is a healthy man any suggestion he is tired of coughing thank I will really appreciate ur response thank u.

[najeebjumabhalo]

Any one else coughing while watching this?

[marieannasurto]

Sir i have this chronic cough and this trigger during post nasal, and this itchy sensation inside my chest area give gives me frequent coughing can anyone help me here tnx..

[kx]

Y do I only cough only after eating kind of feel at the back of my throat

[Jovial_Jumbles]

Please make video on fibrotic opacity comes in x ray

[satyam]

Hello doctor
I am coughing from last 2 months . Cough is not regular but it repeats in every 2-3 days .

[ishfaqahmad]

Doctor i am coughing from more than 7 weeks i have allergic problems kind of sinus you can say the allergy happens to me throughout the year on off basis, the alergy somehow is cured now but the cough still remains and my cough get worsens at night around 12 or 1

[huehue]

I just have a dry cough, almost 5 weeks, it had a green mucus but now it's just a dry cough which do not go away, I already went to a doctor and took antibiotics but the cough persists, should I worry?

[nikolas]

I have been coughing for more then 5months now, i don't have asthma and my doctor said it could be an alergy I never went to get tested for allergies and just got some medicine which seemed to work at first but the cough never went away and has gotten worse now, sometimes my cough is so bad i vomit, it's a wet cough and sometimes i cough up some mucus, i do smoke. And my breathing sometimes very rarely makes whistling sounds? I was checked for asthma so what else could be the cause of that. Should i be worried about this?

[yagirlrenii]

Ive been coughing for about 2 weeks probaly longer but i have no runny nose and no sore throat i just been coughing really bad to the point where i gag. It feel like some kind of mucus or liquid comes up everytime so i have to clear my throat and swallow it. It sound like i have a cold when i talk but i dont. I dont know what is happening should i be worried im 14😭😩