Got COVID-19 with Cough Symptoms? Read Doctor’s Advice to Relieve

Coughing is a reflex of the respiratory system that aims to clear the airway of foreign body particles, microbes and irritants such as smoke and dust, as well as fluids and mucus.

Apart from viral infections, coughing can be caused by irritants, drug side effects, infections that cause bronchitis, gastric acid reflux, allergies, asthma to lung cancer.

Cough consists of several types, namely dry cough, cough with phlegm or a combination thereof. Judging from the duration, cough is divided into two, namely acute cough which can end after two to three weeks, and chronic cough which generally lasts for a long time.

“In COVID-19, the cough is acute. But even though the omicron variant is considered mild, there are still long COVID cases where after 4 weeks symptoms are felt,” said Ingrid.

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