A dry cough occurs as a natural reflex when inflammation or irritation affects your airway. It is also called an unproductive ...

“Also, our body’s natural adrenaline levels, which help suppress coughs, decrease at night, making us more sensitive to that ...

"Unfortunately, the diagnosis is often missed because the dry cough may be mistaken for a virus," Siegel said. Adults can be treated with doxycycline, a type of antibiotic that prevents the growth ...

A wet or productive cough brings up mucus, saliva, or other excretions; these coughs often happen when you have a respiratory infection like the flu. Dry coughs, on the other hand, don't bring up ...

“Unfortunately, the diagnosis is often missed because the dry cough may be mistaken for a virus,” Siegel said. Adults can be treated with doxycycline, a type of antibiotic that prevents the ...

Read on to learn wet cough symptoms, potential causes, treatment options, and how it differs from a dry cough. Wet coughs that last for three weeks or less are considered acute. These coughs tend ...

You may also have a nighttime cough when you’re taking medications such as ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure. These are known to have a dry cough as a side effect, Mathis says.

Also known as an unproductive cough as it doesn’t produce mucus, dry coughs can have a number of causes including hypersensitivity of nerves in the airway after an infection (known as post ...

Hate to break it to you, but the medicines you take to alleviate cold symptoms—like antihistamines and decongestants—could be prolonging your cough. “I find that these medications dry up ...

Auburn High School received a report of a case of pertussis, also known as the “whooping cough,” on Monday. The Alabama ...

MARQUETTE, MI— Pertussis—or whooping cough—has been diagnosed in a member of the Northern Michigan University community. The illness is caused by a type of bacteria that can be spread through sneezing ...