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2023 Author: Alfred Shackley | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:14
Bronchitis is a rather insidious disease that requires compulsory treatment. The underlying symptom of the disease is cough, which is often debilitating. Cough after bronchitis can last for a long period of time, up to several months.
What is the danger of the disease?
Sometimes, having eliminated inflammation and other symptoms of the disease, a person is faced with the fact that the cough still persists. Remember that coughing after bronchitis can signal complications. In addition, the likelihood of developing pathologies after an illness is higher in adults than in children.
The most serious complication after bronchitis that can overtake a person is pneumonia. Such a pathology is not common, but it can be avoided by following all the recommendations and prescriptions of the doctor.
The most common complication after bronchitis is a residual cough, which is often dry, without sputum outflow. Bad habits, for example, smoking, alcohol abuse, can lead to a similar situation.
Cough symptoms after bronchitis
Residual coughing after bronchitis can be dry or with sputum discharge. With a wet cough, the likelihood that pathogenic bacteria leave the body faster is much higher. A dry cough can be paroxysmal and debilitating for a person.
Speaking about its manifestations, it is worth highlighting the following symptoms:
- Rare coughing during the day;
- Dry cough with little discharge;
- The absence of other signs of the disease, for example, wheezing, fever, suffocating attacks.
How is residual coughing after bronchitis treated?
You can quickly and effectively get rid of cough after bronchitis by creating favorable conditions for the patient. The main condition for a speedy recovery is regular airing of the room where the patient is. This will make the air more humid and prevent the mucous membrane from drying out.
It is important to exclude contact with allergens. It is recommended to quit smoking and alcoholic beverages. With residual cough, you need to adjust the diet. You should eat easily digestible meals. It is important to include more fresh vegetables and fruits in your diet in order to replenish vitamin stores in the body and strengthen its immune forces.
You need to drink plenty of fluids throughout the day, at least two liters. If you are haunted by a residual cough after bronchitis, it is permissible to treat the problem, both with folk methods and with the help of medicines.
The most effective remedies that help fight the problem of coughing after bronchitis, both in an adult and in a child, include expectorants, which contain ambroxol. These drugs include Lazolvan, Flavamed, Ambrohexal, Ambroxol, Ambrobene, etc.
In addition, the composition of medicines should contain carbocisteine: "Mukosol", "Mukolik". It is this group of drugs that is successfully used to treat residual coughing, both in a child and in adult patients.
Expectorant drugs are among the safest types of drugs.
Medicines with carbocisteine have a regulatory effect, thinning accumulated phlegm, and significantly reducing the amount of phlegm in the respiratory tract.
"Mukosol" when coughing
Take Mukosol tablets 2 capsules three times a day. This scheme applies to adults. As soon as symptoms subside, you can switch to 1 capsule 4 times a day. For a child from 5 to 12 years old, a dose of 9 ml of syrup three times a day, from 2 to 5 years - 6 ml 4 times a day.
An important advantage of this drug is that there is no sugar in its composition, which means that even people with diabetes can treat residual cough with this drug.
"Lazolvan" for dry cough after bronchitis
The drug "Lazolvan" is used strictly according to the instructions. The dosage of the drug for a child over 12 years old and an adult is one tablet per day. Experts admit the enhancement of the effect by increasing the dosage to two tablets per day. Take the medicine after meals and drink plenty of fluids. As for the course of admission, such a decision is made by the doctor, who monitors the nature of the disease and the effectiveness of the treatment.
In order to reduce the swelling of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, antihistamines should be used. The most effective drugs include "Allergodil", "Zenaro".
Alternative treatment for coughing after bronchitis
The most popular treatments include: radish tincture, steam inhalation with rosemary and mint, milk or tea with honey.
Recipe number 1: radish tincture after bronchitis
For this treatment, take a radish, cut out the core and fill the cavity with sugar. After a while, juice forms in the radish, to which you need to add a spoonful of honey. The tincture is drunk five times a day, 37-40 ml. It is worth noting the effectiveness of this recipe. Residual cough disappears after a couple of days. When treating a child, the dose is reduced by 2 times.
Recipe # 2: Healing Cocktail
To prepare such a medicine, you need to take two yolks and sugar. Sugar is ground with yolks, and the resulting mixture should be drunk, divided into two doses. It is recommended to take the medicine on an empty stomach.
Recipe number 3: tincture on vodka and Veronica officinalis
Treatment of coughing after bronchitis is possible with the help of a tincture of vodka and Veronica officinalis.
You need to mix half a liter of vodka with half a glass of Veronica. The remedy is infused for two weeks. The tincture is used to rub the chest. It is advisable to carry out the procedure immediately before bedtime.