Home remedies for chronic coughing

I'm coughing all night long and can't get sleep, every time I lay down it gets worse, its a itchy feeling in my lungs and then I start to cough uncontrollably.
(13 Mar 2008)

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Natural Treatment for Chronic Coughing

Coughing is the body's reaction to the factor that may be causing the irritation and annoyance. In an effort to free the air passage and the body of that particular irritation, and to relieve the obstructed air ducts, coughing is induced. Persistent cough at night could mean that the irritant tends to surface as you lay down. In a bid to come out of the body the irritant find its way in the passage and gets stuck in that position as you lay in a horizontal position. Since coughing is a natural reaction to an obstruction, it is obvious that the air passages retch to get. These are signs of a severe sinus infection, or a case of bronchitis or perhaps an allergic reaction to the pillow or mattress that you laying on and in a few cases it could be an indication of asthma.

Maintain a humidified bedroom at night. This can be done by using a cold-air vaporizer. That will screen out all chances of cough caused due to cold. Make sure that you drink a lot of warm water during the day. Coughing causes the body to dehydrate and moreover your body needs the extra fluid to liquefy the mucus thus causing it to eject it out of the body instead of thickening and staying put in the lungs.

answered by K C on 13 Mar 2008, 1:36:51

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Home remedies for chronic coughing

I'm coughing all night long and can't get sleep, every time I lay down it gets worse, its a itchy feeling in my lungs and then I start to cough uncontrollably. (13 Mar 2008)

I'm coughing all night long and can't get sleep, every time I lay down it gets worse, its a itchy feeling in my lungs and then I start to cough uncontrollably.
(13 Mar 2008)