Do you have Chesty, dry or tickly cough?

Cough season is upon us and weather it's a chesty, dry or tickly cough you are suffering with, you should visit your GP if any of the following occur.

Rest, drinking plenty of fluids and drinking hot lemon with honey are the best remedies recommended by doctors.

Pharmacists can also advise on the best way to ease symptoms, for example syrups and lozenges. But what symptoms should you look out for if your cough has become more serious, and when should you see a GP?

The NHS says you should visit a GP if the following happens:_
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• You've had a cough for more than three weeks.
• Your cough is very bad or quickly gets worse, for example you have a hacking cough or can't stop coughing.
• You have chest pain.
• You are losing weight for no reason.
• The said of your neck feels swollen and painful. (swollen glands).
• You find it hard or breathe.
• You have a weakened immuned system, for example because of chemotherapy or diabetes.
• See a GP urgently if you are coughing up blood.

Do you have a chesty, dry or tickly cough? It should clear up on its own within three weeks.

 

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A cough is very rarely a sign of something serious like lung, cancer but other than cold or flu other causes include:
Smoking
Heartburn
Allergies (for ample, hay fever)
Infections like bronchitis
Mucus dripping down the throat from the back of the nose.