Pneumonia is a lung infection and/or inflammation of the air sacs of one or both lungs. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can ...

Chronic coughs can be "symptomatic," meaning they have an underlying cause, or "refractory," meaning they continue despite recommended treatment. Mucus produced from a wet cough can be clear ...

When heart failure occurs, the heart can't pump enough blood around the body, resulting in fluid retention, as it builds up ...

Some chronic coughs may require medication, surgery, or other therapy. Coughing is a spontaneous reflex that helps clear your throat and airways of mucus, germs, dust, and other irritants.

Postnasal drip happens when mucus accumulates and ... Researchers aren’t clear on the cause of RAD, but people who have it tend to get chronic cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing ...

The feeling of built-up mucus can trigger a cough, which forces it out. Advertising In certain chronic diseases of the airways ... In these cases, Voynow said, mucus can’t clear out bacteria and ...

It falls between an acute cough, which lasts less than 3 weeks, and a chronic cough, which lasts more than 8 weeks. There are various causes for a subacute cough, including infections, viruses ...

open image in gallery Chesty coughs are a symptom (Alamy/PA) They often make us feel wheezy and lead to a nasty cough.“Symptoms of a chest infection can include a chesty cough (sometimes with yellow ...

About 4% to 10% of the adult population experiences chronic cough — a cough lasting eight weeks or more, or at least four weeks for children. A chronic cough doesn't call for immediate medical ...