Coughing is caused by certain irritations in the throat such as bronchial tubes or lungs. Common reasons for coughing are cold, asthma, heartburn or some sort of irritant such as household cleaners or smoke. If your cough is congested, you need to cure it as soon as you can to avoid possible complication leading to bronchitis or pneumonia. Read more »

If you are diagnosed with a chronic cough it simply means that you have a condition that instead of resolving over a normal period of time has persisted. It is not a disease and a diagnosis of it is not necessarily as bad as many people seem to believe. There could be a number of reasons why the symptom is lingering rather than resolving on its own. Read more »