What’s wrong with coughing when you don’t have a cold?



Coughing without a cold is usually caused by: acute and chronic laryngitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, lung infections and other causes.

1. Acute and chronic pharyngolaryngitis: its prominent manifestation is the itchy feeling and discomfort in the throat, which often manifests itself as an irritating dry cough, and the symptoms are more obvious when speaking.

2. Acute and chronic bronchitis: cough is the most typical and common manifestation of bronchitis, in addition, it will cause asthma, fatigue, low fever and other manifestations.

3. Asthma: its main symptoms are cough, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and activity limitation. Bronchodilator test can be done to check and diagnose.

4. Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD): Coughing occurs when the acid in the stomach refluxes into the throat, causing congestion and edema of the mucosa. It is recommended to avoid irritating and too cold, hard and indigestible food.

5. Lung infections: may also cause coughing symptoms, and in most cases there will be coughing sputum, high fever, dyspnea and other symptoms.

6 Physiological reasons: some can also cause cough without cold, such as eating too stimulating food or choking on food.

Cough without a cold may also have other causes, such as tuberculosis, lung tumors, heart failure and other diseases, it is recommended that the patient timely consultation, timely diagnosis of the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment.