Sometimes I cough, sometimes I don’t. What’s going on?



Sometimes coughing and sometimes not coughing can be caused by cough variant asthma, chronic pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis and other diseases.

1. Cough variant asthma: it is a special type of asthma with cough as the main symptom. Patients are mostly characterized by chronic persistent or recurrent cough, often at night or early in the morning, dry cough is the main, a few patients can be accompanied by chest tightness, wheezing, dyspnea and other symptoms. Thus, it can be manifested as sometimes coughing and sometimes not coughing.

2. Chronic pharyngitis: refers to chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, submucosa and lymphatic tissue. It mainly manifests as dryness, pain, foreign body sensation, burning sensation, cough, sputum and other symptoms in the pharynx, which can also be manifested as sometimes coughing and sometimes not coughing.

3. Chronic bronchitis: refers to the trachea, bronchial mucosa and its surrounding tissues of chronic non-specific inflammation. The main manifestations of chronic cough, cough sputum, wheezing or shortness of breath, chest tightness, dyspnea and other symptoms, can cause sometimes cough sometimes not cough.

There are many other causes of sometimes cough sometimes no cough, you should consult a doctor in time to identify the cause of the disease, and follow the doctor’s advice for further treatment or therapy.