Detratic temperature changes could cause respiratory infections And that patients present cough, but it is not the only cause. The allergologist Juan Pablo Maselli explains that The cough function is to eliminate something that is on the airway. For example, when one drinks water and does not go through the esophagus, but goes through the trachea, one begins to cough.
The body tries to avoid substances or foods into the airway. Also when some diseases appear, coughing, Maselli says.
When the cough is very intense, it can produce a distension of the muscles or the costal cartilage causing chest pain, especially with breathing, movements, or repeated cough. The cough can be very annoying and distorting the dream.
What are the types of cough?
The MSD manual He also explains that there are several types of cough. Cough can be characterized as dry, with expectoration of blood or sputum (also called phlegms). The sputum can be transparent, yellowish, greenish or with blood strokes.
If it is for an infectious process, Maselli recommends seeking medical support and also hydrated well: “Hydration is fundamental because if one has secretions, it helps regulate them.”
For him INTERNIST MEDADO ALDRIN AROCHEThere are many causes of chronic cough. For example, patients who have asthma, who carry treatments with bronchitis, among others.
In the case of phlegm, cough plays an important role in the expectoration and cleaning of the respiratory tract. It is more important to deal with the cause, which can be an infection, the presence of liquid in the pulons or a lalergy. For example, with medical follow -up, antibiotics can be administered to be an infection or antihistamines if it is an allergy.
Cough medications can be used to combat a dry cough, which is not fond of expectoration.
Anthistamines resect the respiratory tract, have little utility in the treatment of cough, except when it is caused by an allergy or a common cold and that is in its incial phase. When the cause of cough is another, the drying action of antihistamines can be counterproductive.
Care for respiratory tract
Gerardo Martínez, doctor, surgeon and pneumologist, explains that there is no unique vitamin that helps us or a magical food that allows lung health.
For Martínez, among the cheapest preventive medicines, but more difficult to reach among the population are the exercise frequently, No smoking and sleep between six and eight hours a day.
For his part, Francisco Orlandi, oncologist and head of the Oncological Medicine Unit of the National Torax Institute in Santiago, Chile, makes a reflection that moves away from smoking is a way to maintain pulmonary health and reduce the deaths from lung cancer in the future. In Latin American countries, cooking and coal should also be avoided, which generates a risk.
Food is a prominent point. There is not a single food that strengthens the immune system, everything is based on healthy eating habits, to bring a varied diet, in quantity and quality that provides nutrients necessary for optimal health and nutrition.
The consumption of fruits and vegetables so that they have an adequate intake of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and thus help reinforce the immune system.
It is generally recommended to include a food from all food groups in their food dish in each food time, a very practical idea for your dish to be seen and is healthy is to take into account divisions, such as the dish of good eating, ¼ cereals, ½ of vegetables and/or fruits, ¼ of food of animal origin.