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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Stop A Cough Tickle

Health Encyclopedia: Cough

Home Care

Although coughing can be a troubling symptom, it is usually your body's way of healing. Here are some tips to help ease your cough:

  • If you have a dry, tickling cough, try cough drops or hard candy. NEVER give these to a child under age 3, because they can cause choking.
  • Use a vaporizer or take a steamy shower. Both these things increase the moisture in the air and can help soothe a dry throat.
  • Drink plenty of fluids. Liquids help thin the mucus in your throat and...
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Expert & Community Posts

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Acid Reflux and Asthma
By Fred Little , Health Expert

In this entry, I would like to discuss the connection between acid indigestion/acid reflux... Read more »

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Allergies, Colds, Bronchitis? It's Not So Easy to Tell the Difference
By Sloane Miller , Health Expert

A few weeks back the New York Times ran a column in their health section called "The Claim: It's a... Read more »

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Pain and MS: Neuropathic Pain
By Vicki , Health Expert

...encircling the body.  It can be sharp or dull, burning or tickling, tingling, crushing or... Read more »

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Top 10 Houseplants for People With Allergies
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert

Do you have nasal allergies (also known as hay fever)? And do you also love having green, growing... Read more »

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Can my cough be due to acid reflux?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

Chronic cough and even chest pain can be caused by acid reflux. This can be difficult to diagnose... Read more »

Health Guide

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Diseases with Similar Symptoms
...The cough it causes typically lasts for about a week to 10 days. In about half of patients, however, coughing can last up to 3 weeks, and 25% of patients continue to cough for over 1 month.... Read more »
Pneumonia: Symptoms
...following:High feverA rapid heart rateBluish-toned (cyanotic) skinLabored and heavy breathing.Mental confusionCoughing up mucus (sputum) containing pus or bloodSymptoms in the Elderly. It is... Read more »
Sinusitis: Highlights
New Sinusitis GuidelinesIn 2005, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology released joint guidelines on the diagnosis and... Read more »
Asthma Signs and Symptoms in Children
...infections, which may be accompanied by high fever and progress rapidly. Any child who has frequent coughing or respiratory infections should be checked for asthma.Typical Asthma SymptomsThe... Read more »
Adult Asthma Symptoms
...risk for this effect tend to be older, female, and to have hadthe disease for a longer period of time.Coughing. In some people, the first symptom of asthma is a nonproductive cough. Some patients... Read more »

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