D., a family physician and clinical instructor in the department of family medicine at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. Kevin Liang noted that most post-infection cough symptoms resolved without medication.
Post-infectious cough is known to affect approximately 11-25% of adults following a respiratory illness and can last up to eight weeks. Moreover, such a cough may indicate asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Warning signs include difficulty swallowing, severe shortness of breath, and coughing up blood. Cough should also be monitored closely if there is recurrent pneumonia or a long-term smoking history. If you’ve been coughing for more than eight weeks, be sure to get additional testing.
There is no convincing evidence that medications are effective against post-infectious cough. Evidence shows that inhalers or oral cough medicines provide little benefit. However, these treatments can be expensive and cause unwanted side effects.
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Source: Ferra
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