Typically, a week. However, “a residual cough after a viral upper respiratory infection can occasionally last as long as two weeks,” Dr. Majlesi says. Sometimes it can stretch on longer than that.

The health expert has also issued advice on when you should see your GP if you have a cough that won't go away ...

A non-smoker whose persistent cough was dismissed as a chest infection was shocked to discover he actually had lung cancer.

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“A chest infection occurs when either your lungs or airways become infected by a respiratory virus or a bacterial infection ...

One specific type of viral exanthem that dermatologists have seen with COVID is a morbilliform rash, meaning a measles-like ...

Within days that can develop into uncontrolled coughing fits. It can take five to 10 days for symptoms to appear after ...

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Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...