Elderly people with high blood pressure, coughing first to see whether it is caused by high blood pressure or caused by colds.
1. Some antihypertensive drugs can cause cough, such as captopril, enalapril, etc. The cough caused by this kind of drugs is generally irritating dry cough, and after stopping the drugs, it can be cured by itself.
2. After catching a cold, the elderly will have nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and other upper respiratory symptoms, at this time should be treated for colds, the application of some of the drugs used in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections, such as dextromethorphan and so on.
For the elderly, if the cough is serious with breathlessness and dyspnea, they should go to the hospital to do the relevant examinations and then treat the symptoms. Normally, more exercise, avoid smoking and alcohol, maintain adequate sleep, improve immunity.