There’s actually no specific medical criteria to classify a dry cough and a wet cough, explains David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine physician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica ...

You may cough so frequently with walking pneumonia that your chest gets uncomfortable. That dry cough might turn wet, creating colorful phlegm. The lingering cough that comes with walking pneumonia ...

Coughing clears these things from your lower respiratory tract. In some cases, the cause may be an inability to cough up the excess. This can happen because of weakening of lung or throat muscles.

In some people with Sjögren’s, a bout with the flu or a sinus infection can leave dried mucus that obstructs the upper airways, causing a dry cough and potentially leading to pneumonia. Sometimes the ...

The bill targets products whose only active ingredient is dextromethorphan, described by pharmacists as the most common over-the-counter cough suppressant. Robitussin DM and NyQuil use this chemical.

A dry cough might get worse at night if you have a condition like acid reflux, asthma, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Postnasal drip from a cold, allergies, or sinus infection ...

Possible causes of an itchy throat include allergic rhinitis, food allergies, infections, and more. Home remedies such as lozenges and honey may help. It is often possible to manage an itchy ...

You’ll likely also have an urge to clear your throat, but a dry cough when you do, she says. Your doctor may want to use a laryngoscope, a camera on a thin tube placed down your throat ...

This excess mucus can also cause other symptoms, such as a cough, nausea ... and pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), can help dry out mucus. However, although these medications work for many people ...

The shop became known for its tablet recipe, utilising cream rather than butter, and when war later broke out, queues for aniseed-infused ‘cough tablet’, which was deemed medicinal and ...