Cigarette smoking and coughing should be stopped, and those who still cough after quitting need to identify the cause of the cough and use medication according to the cause. Therapeutic drugs may include loratadine, salbutamol, compound licorice tablets, and so on.
The main causes of smoking cough are tobacco allergy, bronchial asthma, respiratory tract infections, etc.
1. Tobacco allergy: When the patient is allergic to the ingredients contained in tobacco, it can cause coughing and sneezing, etc. Keeping away from allergens can relieve the symptoms. If the symptoms are severe, anti-allergy drugs such as loratadine can be used.
2. Bronchial asthma: Smoking can trigger acute attacks of bronchial asthma, stimulate airway hyperreactivity, severe coughing, mild symptoms can be inhaled asthma drugs such as salbutamol and other drugs, serious cases can be used in conjunction with the use of glucocorticosteroids such as budesonide, beclomethasone and other drugs.
3. Respiratory tract infection: patients with pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis and other respiratory tract infections, pharyngeal congestion, edema, smoking tobacco nicotine and other substances in the pharyngeal nerves caused by stimulation of airway spasm cough. Cough suppressants such as compound licorice tablets and Pentoxyverine can be used.
People who still cough after quitting smoking need to consult a doctor in time to find out the cause, according to the cause of treatment, the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, not blindly self-medication.