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Coughing is one of the human body’s defence mechanisms for expelling mucus and other foreign elements from the respiratory tract.
There are multiple causes associated to cough, but a banal cough is often associated with drug-induced or psychogenic causes or mild respiratory infections.
It commonly manifests with a cough without any other related symptoms.
It is diagnosed through clinical questioning aimed at discovering the triggering cause.
Generally it does not require treatment because it self-limits in a short amount of time.
You should check with a specialist if it is accompanied by bleeding, shortness of breath, thoracic pain and if it persists for more than three weeks.
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Dr. Oscar Garcia-Esquirol
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