A dry cough occurs as a natural reflex when inflammation or irritation affects your airway. It is also called an unproductive ...

A cough that produces phlegm is known as a wet cough or productive cough. If it doesn’t produce phlegm, it’s called a dry cough or unproductive cough. Knowing which type you have can help you ...

An unproductive, or dry cough, doesn't produce mucus and phlegm. It's difficult to diagnose COVID based on the sound of the cough. About 60% to 70% of people with COVID have a dry cough toward the ...

The type of cough that most typically relates to COVID-19 is a dry, or unproductive cough. This refers to a tickly cough that does not produce any phlegm. However, in more severe cases, a person ...

A cough can also be dry or “unproductive”. This happens when the cough receptors in the airways, throat and upper oesophagus have become overly sensitised, triggering a cough even when there ...

In December I came down with a cold. I managed to shake it with home treatment but developed a cough. At first it was productive but for a few weeks I was just coughing because of an itch. I''d ...

Table 2. Changes in cough-related symptoms following treatment with levocloperastine 30, 60 and 120 mg/day for 6 days in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 40).