Why do we Cough?

Why do we cough?

Before starting discussion on cough and its home remedies we need to know about cough and  types of cough.So that we can treat cough according to its type We cough for many reasons.We cough to protect our air way from irritants. We cough to clear the mucus we make on daily basis and the extra mucus we have when we are sick and cough can be an early warning sign of disease.

We have many cough receptors in our body through the air way.Their job is to sense irritants and send single up to the brain and that sends signal back to the body to produce that cough and so on. There is two types of cough

• Acute Cough
• Chronic Cough

Acute Cough

It is depend upon the  time period. Acute cough is cured in less than one month. 90% of acute cough resolves spontaneously.These are  usually caused by viral illness.The symptoms last 7 to 14 days and in most of cases symptoms and the cough goes away on their own.