After being infected with the new crown, many people have symptoms of cough and sputum, which persist even after the antigen turns negative. Some friends said, “After the new crown, the abdominal muscles came out from the cough” and “the head was buzzing from the cough”. Coughing makes people unable to sleep well or wake up, and even affects the study and work of people around them. The phlegm in the throat cannot be discharged, which further aggravates the cough, and sometimes the more coughing, the more want to cough.
How to deal with cough after the new crown, how to expel phlegm and relieve cough quickly to make yourself comfortable, and what danger signs should not be ignored?
It’s getting cloudy and I’m still coughing, what’s going on?
Cough is the most common clinical manifestation of respiratory infectious diseases. Infection with the new coronavirus can cause acute upper respiratory infection, tracheo-bronchitis, and even pneumonia, so coughing often occurs after infection with the new coronavirus. Most patients have a dry cough, and a small number of patients will cough yellow sputum in the late stage of infection.
Coughing isn’t all bad . The cough reflex itself is an effective defensive reflex of our body, which will help us “clean up the battlefield” and promote recovery.
Under normal circumstances, the course of acute cough caused by acute upper respiratory tract infection and tracheo-bronchitis does not exceed 3 weeks , but if the cough persists for more than 3 weeks after turning negative, it is repeated and does not improve for a long time, and other accompanying symptoms appear. Be careful, for example: coughing a lot of yellow purulent sputum, bloody sputum or even hemoptysis, dyspnea, chest tightness and chest pain, etc. If the above situations occur, it is recommended to seek medical treatment offline in time for early diagnosis and early treatment.
Can you hold back your cough?
In most cases, coughing is beneficial to the recovery of the disease, and usually there is no need to hold back or hold it back . However, it is not recommended to cough hard by pulling the throat, because excessive coughing may cause throat congestion and swelling, hoarseness, and may even cause rib fractures and hemangioma rupture.
For a pain-free cough, try this trick:
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Sit up straight with your chin tilted slightly upward and your mouth open.
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Take a slow, deep breath and hold it for two to three seconds.
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Then exhale slowly and forcefully, keeping your mouth slightly open (imagine breathing into a mirror).
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Hold this position and cough.
Prolonged cough will affect work and life to a certain extent. It is recommended to take oral medicine to improve symptoms. If the cough is severe and accompanied by yellow phlegm, sore throat, chest pain, hemoptysis, etc., you must seek medical treatment in time .
What needs to be reminded is that you should pay attention to coughing etiquette when coughing, such as: try to avoid crowds, cover your mouth and nose with tissues or masks, do not throw away tissues that have wiped your mouth and nose, and wash your hands when it comes into contact with secretions from your mouth and nose, etc.
Why so much phlegm?
Infected with the new crown, why so much phlegm?
When the trachea, bronchi, and lungs become inflamed after being infected by the new coronavirus, our body goes into battle.
In the beginning, the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract is congested and edematous, and the blood vessels dilate to transport more inflammatory cells to the battlefield. Then the goblet cells in the mucous membrane and the glands in the submucosa hyperplasia and hypertrophy, the exudation increases, and the mucus secretion increases in large quantities. Under the action of bacteria and their toxins, denatured and necrotic tissue cells will be produced in the airway, and these mucus and necrotic tissue cells will be sent to the throat at the upper end of the trachea during the vibration of the cilium of the ciliated columnar epithelium, and then passed through Coughing out the mouth becomes the “phlegm” we see.
When mucus is secreted too much and necrotic tissue cells increase, the burden on the ciliated columnar epithelium will be increased, and symptoms such as increased phlegm volume and sticky phlegm hanging in the throat will appear.
Cough until the sky is dark, what should I do?
In general, mild coughs can be relieved by eating comfort foods. In addition, in the cold and dry winter, we should also pay attention to keeping warm and moisturizing, so as to avoid the stimulation of cold air on the airway and aggravate cough symptoms. The most suitable indoor humidity range is: 45%-65%. Too high or too low humidity may induce health problems. It is recommended to equip a thermo-hygrometer and a humidifier to create a better environment for the recovery of the body.
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If you still have a bad cough, consider taking medicine to make yourself more comfortable.
If dry cough is the main problem, antitussives such as dextromethorphan and pholcodine oral liquid can be taken orally. If the dry cough does not improve, it is recommended to go to the respiratory department to complete the lung function, bronchodilation test, FeNO exhaled nitric oxide test, etc. to make a clear diagnosis, and then follow the doctor’s advice for treatment.
When there is phlegm, you can take phlegm-resolving drugs orally, such as bromhexine tablets, ambroxol tablets, etc.
When the elderly and children around you can’t expel sputum, you can help the elderly and children to lie on their side, and then pat their backs to speed up the shedding of secretions in the airway and lungs by vibrating the airway on the chest wall, helping them to expel the deep sputum Cough up to prevent the infection from getting worse.
I can’t cough up, but I can swallow the phlegm…
If you really can’t cough up, you don’t need to have too much psychological pressure, you can just swallow the phlegm.
Under normal circumstances, the airway mucosa will produce about 50-100ml of secretions every day. The function is to maintain the moist environment of the airway mucosa, which is conducive to the adsorption of bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc. in the airway.
The main components of sputum are mucus and dead white blood cells after swallowing pathogenic microorganisms. Under the strong acid environment in the stomach, even a small amount of pathogens in the sputum cannot survive. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the phlegm that cannot be coughed up is swallowed. It’s okay, it won’t do any harm to your body .
But there is one exception, tuberculosis patients should not swallow phlegm . There are a large number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. After swallowing the sputum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis may cause intestinal tuberculosis.
Author: Lido Kameng
Edit: Turn over, Dai Tian doctor
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