Cough can be caused by many reasons, first of all, we must identify the cause of the disease in order to target treatment, in the case of unknown causes of the use of “prescription” to treat cough is unscientific. Common causes of cough include upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer, etc. Depending on the disease, you can choose antimicrobial drugs, anti-tuberculosis drugs, radiotherapy or surgery.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, pneumonia: these respiratory infectious diseases are treated with different treatment programs according to the infectious agents.
Ordinary viral infections can be cured on their own, and symptomatic treatments are mainly given, such as the use of Ambroxol to help expectoration. Bacterial respiratory tract infections are treated with sensitive antibiotics (e.g. cefuroxime, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, etc.) depending on the pathogen. Mycoplasma and Chlamydia infections are preferred to macrolide antibiotics (such as erythromycin and azithromycin).
2. Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is an infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which needs to be treated with a combination of anti-tuberculosis drugs (e.g. isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, streptomycin).
3. Lung cancer: according to different tissue types and stages, radiotherapy or surgery is needed.
There are many other causes of cough, such as cardiogenic cough and cough variant asthma. It is impossible to treat coughs caused by all diseases with the so-called remedies. Therefore, if you have a cough, you need to go to the hospital to identify the cause of the disease and target treatment.