Allergic Cough

The allergic cough is a kind of persistent dry cough that comes up whenever the individual comes into contact with the allergenic substance, which can be dust, cat hair, dog hair or pollen from flowers and trees, for example. This type of cough is most common in the spring and fall, although it can also occur in the winter because the environments tend to be more closed this time of year, causing accumulation of allergenic substances in the air.

Symptoms

Symptoms of an allergic cough are:

• Dry cough, phlegm, or ever have any discharge;

• persistent dry cough, which occurs several times per day, but especially at night;

• irritative cough, which, when it starts, it seems that will not stop anymore.

The individual may have respiratory allergies and not knowing. To clarify this question, it can perform an allergy test, recommended by an allergist or pulmonologist. Children of allergic parents are more likely to develop respiratory allergies and therefore are more likely to suffer from persistent dry cough.

Treatment

The treatment for allergic cough should be made based on your question and why it is indicated that the individual take some antihistamine medicine prescribed by the doctor and avoid contact with the allergenic substance. The doctor may choose to take a cough syrup allergic, that in addition to fighting the allergy will soothe the throat, reducing the symptoms of cough.