Causes of cough without colds

We are used to the fact that colds are strongly associated with a cough, therefore, in isolation from each other, these concepts are almost not considered. And in vain! The causes of cough without cold can be very different, but all of them are evidence of a serious disparity in health.

Possible causes of dry cough without colds

Cough without cold symptoms is not as rare as it might seem. Depending on what caused the irritation of the respiratory tract, we can distinguish two types of cough:

• productive (with waste sputum);
• unproductive (dry cough).

Causes of a cough without signs of a cold, but with the withdrawal of phlegm, are usually hidden in various inflammatory processes and stagnant phenomena in the bronchi. This may be the effects of long-standing pneumonia or untreated bronchitis. Sometimes the causes can be associated with the digestive system.

If you have a cough, but not a cold, this can be the consequences of reflux disease, when the contents of the stomach enter the esophagus. Such a cough often appears at night and after it remains a sour, unpleasant aftertaste in the mouth.

Unproductive cough is much more dangerous and its causes can be various violations. If you have a dry cough with no signs of a cold, the reasons can be as follows:

• the onset of laryngitis;
• the initial stage of ARVI and other infections;
• bronchial asthma;
• emphysema of the lungs;
• smoker's catarrh;
• foreign body;
• oncological disease of the lungs;
• aortic aneurysm ;
• tuberculosis;
• nervous reaction;
• allergic reaction to dust and chemicals.

Cough without symptoms of cold - we determine the disease

Determine what disease caused the cough, can only the doctor. You can not independently diagnose yourself. Nevertheless, by the attendant signs it is possible to establish, how quickly medical consultation is necessary. For example, if it is only a cough, without accompanying symptoms, you can talk about a few days before a visit to a doctor. But in case the cough is accompanied by swelling of the neck and chin, tingling in the nasopharynx and dizziness, the count goes for a minute. The allergic reaction risks leading to the edema of Quincke.

Sometimes the cause of dry cough is neurological reactions - experiences and stress. A slightly less common case is a dry cough caused by taking medications to lower blood pressure and some other medicines.