14 Health Symptoms

14. Persistent Cough

Most coughs will clear up within a week or so. But sometimes a chronic infection such as bronchitis may develop. However, persistent coughs may have a range of common causes:

·       from asthma to acid reflux,

·       sinusitis or side effects from medication such as ACE inhibitors,

·       used to treat high blood pressure.

See your doctor if you’ve had a cough for longer than three or four weeks.

If you’re a smoker, don’t avoid seeing your doctor because you don’t want to be told to stop. A ‘smoker’s cough’ can be a sign of COPD. This is a serious lung disease that will become extremely debilitating to men if untreated.

Other serious causes include:

·       lung cancer,

·       a blood clot on the lung

·       or heart problems.

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