Very low urgency
Common-
Coughing is one of the human body’s defense mechanisms for expelling mucus and other foreign elements from the respiratory tract. There are many causes of a cough but a banal cough is often associated with a drug-induced or psychogenic cause or associated with mild respiratory infections. It is diagnosed through clinical questioning, trying to discover the triggering cause. Generally, it does not require treatment because it self-limits in a short amount of time. You should consult a specialist if it is accompanied by bleeding, shortness of breath, chest pain and if it persists for more than three weeks.
- Ronald C Silvestri, Steven E Weinberger. Evaluation of subacute and chronic cough in adults. UpToDate. Jul 11, 2014.
- Irwin RS, Baumann MH, Bolser DC, et al. Diagnosis and management of cough executive summary: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2006; 129:1S.
- Haque RA, Usmani OS, Barnes PJ. Chronic idiopathic cough: a discrete clinical entity? Chest 2005; 127:1710.
- Richard M. Schwartzstein. Disnea. Harrison. Principios de Medicina Interna. Volumen 2. 19ª Edición. 243:247.
- Anamnesis y síntomas más frecuentes en el paciente respiratorio. Farreras Rozman. Medicina Interna. Volumen I. Duodécima edición. 679.
- María Teresa Núñez Gómez-Álvarez, Raúl Hidalgo Carvajal, Ángel Sánchez Castaño. Tos en urgencias. Manual de protocolos y actuación en urgencias. Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo. Tercera edición. 2010.347:352.
Dr. Oscar Garcia-Esquirol
Copyright© TeckelMedical 2026
