{"id":3408,"date":"2021-11-25T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiamd.com\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:28:14","slug":"causes-of-chronic-coughing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/2021\/11\/25\/causes-of-chronic-coughing\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of chronic coughing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article has been verified medically<\/span> <\/em>by Dr Alvin Ng Choon Yong<\/a><\/em>, <\/em>Consultant Respiratory Physician and Intensivist with The Respiratory Practice, Farrer Park Hospital (Singapore).<\/em>
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Chronic Coughing Causes. Have you been suffering a bad cough that just won\u2019t go away? Even after a couple of weeks? Then, it can be a sign of something more serious than the common flu.<\/p>\n

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We take a quick look at the different types of cough that come from different ailments. Of course, it is best to consult a doctor for a professional diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Asthma<\/h2>\n

A long-term lung condition, asthma<\/a>\u00a0can present itself in mild or severe forms. It occurs when the airways in your lungs are inflamed, making breathing difficult. The coughing fits may be accompanied by wheezing (whistling) sounds as you struggle to breathe.<\/p>\n

Pertussis<\/h2>\n

Otherwise known as \u2018whooping cough\u2019, pertussis<\/a>\u00a0can cause coughing fits that drain you physically. The fits are rapid and accompanied by a distinctive \u2018whooping\u2019 sound. It often gives the sensation that you are coughing until there is no more air in your lungs.<\/p>\n

GERD<\/h2>\n

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)<\/a>\u00a0arises when, due to acid reflux, the stomach contents flow back to the esophagus. The acid reflux causes throat irritation that is accompanied with a sour taste in the mouth. GERD often happens at night during bedtime.<\/p>\n

Allergic rhinitis<\/h2>\n

Triggered by allergens<\/a>\u00a0such as mould, pollen, dust mites, insect droppings, the initial symptoms are sudden sneezing and a runny nose. The coughing follows after.<\/p>\n

Tuberculosis<\/h2>\n

Tuberculosis<\/a>\u00a0or TB (in short) can be a life-threatening disease that usually affects the lungs. The telling sign is a persistent cough that lasts for 3 weeks or longer, accompanied by the coughing up of blood or sputum.<\/p>\n

Lung cancer<\/h2>\n

Obviously, cancer of the lungs<\/a>\u00a0is very serious. If you have a very stubborn cough that gets worse with time, you should definitely go see a doctor quickly. This is especially so when you also cough up blood and suffer chest pain that becomes increasingly worse.<\/p>\n

Interstitial lung disease<\/h2>\n

As the name for a broad classification of lung conditions, interstitial lung disease<\/a>\u00a0refers to the inflammation or scarring of lung tissue. A very common symptom is a dry, hacking cough accompanied by frequent breathlessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suffering a bad cough that just won\u2019t go away? It can be a sign of something serious. Here’s look at the different types of cough from different ailments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-respiratory-medicine"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"km","enabled_languages":["en","zh","ko","ja","mn","vi","ta","th","ms","km","id","my","hi"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ko":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ja":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"mn":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"vi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ta":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"th":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ms":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"km":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10313,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/10313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}