If the disease occurs against the background of a rise in temperature, then this is evidence of the body's struggle with the infection that caused the disease. But sometimes there is coughing with phlegm and a runny nose without fever. What kinds of health problems are indicated by these manifestations, and what therapy is required? We listen to the advice of experienced therapists.
Causes of wet cough and runny nose without fever
Smoking
The most common cause of cough with sputum and simultaneous swelling of the mucous membranes of the nose is smoking. The fact is that some substances contained in tobacco are catalysts for secretory secretions of the nasopharynx. Constantly produced mucus causes coughing attacks of the "inveterate smoker", which are especially pronounced in the morning hours. With "smoker's bronchitis", bronchial deformity occurs.
Cold
Coryza, cough, sore throat and headache without fever - signs of SARS and ARI against a background of reduced immunity. If in this case there is pus in the viscous sputum or a curdled white detachable, the patient developed hypertrophic pharyngitis with a pharyngeal mucosa that is characteristic for the disease.
Allergy
Cough, continuous sneezing and other signs of a cold (nasal congestion, shortness of breath) without temperature are observed in allergy attacks. In some cases, the reaction to the allergen disappears immediately after stopping contact with it, but sometimes the allergy can last for weeks, months and go into asthma - a serious illness characterized by sudden attacks of suffocation.
Postinfection
After a person has had ARVI or pneumonia , for a while there may be weakness, cough, a runny nose without fever. Doctors believe that this is quite normal phenomenon, explained by the reception of mucolytics. But if there are signs of asphyxiation at the same time, you should definitely seek help from a specialist, since it may be a relapse of the disease.
Heart diseases
Cough with phlegm without temperature in rare cases - a symptom of a malfunction in the work of the cardiovascular system.
Worms
Signs of a sluggish cold - a cough with a cold without temperature - are characteristic of invasions. Infection with parasites (helminths, pinworms, ascarids) can occur not only in a child, as many believe, but also in an adult. Such a symptomatology can be in venereal diseases.
Cancer
A sputum with pus, bloody veins and a low-grade fever is an occasion to undergo an examination with an oncologist. Thus, lung cancer is manifested in the initial stages.
Severe lung disease
Dark-colored sputum when coughing without fever is a sign of severe damage to the respiratory system in representatives of some professions involved in the coal, mining, engineering industries, such as pneumoconiosis, lung abscess, gangrene.
Treatment of cough and cold without fever
If coughing, runny nose without temperature is a problem for a fairly long time, you should consult a doctor and go for a recommended examination if necessary.
Therapy of the condition is associated with the treatment of the underlying disease, so for allergies, antihistamines are prescribed, with cardiovascular pathologies - cardiac preparations, etc. Treatment of cold cough is based on the intake:
- antitussive drugs;
- mucolytics;
- expectorant and inflammatory remedies (syrups, piles, decoctions of wild rosemary, St. John's wort, mother-and-stepmother, chamomile, sage, etc.).
An excellent effect gives inhalation and irrigation of the nasopharynx soda solutions, sodium chloride, herbal decoctions.