POST-COVID 19 PANDEMIC SIDE EFFECTS DRY COUGH AND AYURVEDA
What is Dry Cough?
Some COVID-19 patients experienced difficulty breathing during the post-recovery period. So, lets see what is dry cough. Dry Cough is something that creates sudden and forceful hacking sounds to release air and clear irritation in the throat. Coughing occurs to release the mucus from your chest or throat but dry coughing doesn’t release mucus.
There are two types of cough -: (a) Productive Cough and another one is (b) Non-Productive Cough. Productive one is according to its name, it produces mucus and by coughing it clear the mucus from the lungs and Non- Productive one doesn’t produce anything that’s why its also know as Dry Cough.
There could be various reasons for Dry Cough not only cold or fever even allergies or acid reflux may also cause Dry Cough. If we consider the sound of both the cough conditions then obviously the sound of Dry Cough is different from wet cough. But the Dry Cough creates difficulty in ribs and intercostals muscles.
Post Covid Cough
WHAT IS THE RELATION OF DRY COUGH AFTER COVID-19
If we talk about the virus which causes covid-19 pandemic that is SARS-COV-2 and Dry Cough is caused by a respiratory illness. It is noticed all over the world that 60 to 70% of people who have covid positive have various symptoms and dry cough is one of the primary symptoms. Even the people who recover from covid-19 face this problem of dry cough post 2 months of covid-19. So, being a primary symptom, a person should immediately think and take action for having a test and till the time they get the result, they should isolate themselves.
If these three conditions occur, a person should immediately go for a test and the conditions are:-
- Non-stop coughing for continuous 1 hour
- When conditions reach out of your control and you think you need a doctor
- If serious coughing occurs more than four times then it indicates the patient needs a test as soon as possible.
Common Causes of Persistent Dry Cough
1. Smoking – There is nothing new in this that smoking causes dry cough, the reason is the body tries to clear out chemicals which enter in lungs through smoking.
2. GERD – This is known as Gastroesophageal reflux disease, this is a health condition in which the acid of the stomach starts flowing in a backward direction straight into your esophagus.
3. Pollution – Even a small child knows that pollution is not good for health especially regarding lungs and breathing. Pollution when reaches to lungs and settles down there it causes dry coughing.
4. Tuberculosis – The first or we can say the most primary stage of tuberculosis is coughing. Sometimes this coughing issue not even goes away after many days. Coughing is considered to be the most common sign of tuberculosis.
5. Asthma – Dry Cough is the main feature of asthma and people with this health issue commonly don’t have any other asthma symptoms. Asthma patients sometimes find it difficult to take breathing and at that time till when they don’t use their pump they start coughing.
6. When you inhale a substance then coughing is a very normal reaction to that action so that it can clear the throat and food pipe.
7. Heart Failure – A weak heart can cause various health issues and residual dry cough after covid is one of those health issues. This can also cause shortness of breathing and this can cause Dry Cough.
8. Allergies – Allergies can also cause dry cough for example allergies like hay fever can also cause a dry cough and apart from this other types of allergies like dust, pet and other allergies may also cause dry cough.
9. Viral Infection – This is so obvious that viral fever or any other type of viral health issue such as cold or influenza causes novel corona in which dry cough is a common thing.
10. Lung Cancer – The main reason behind lung cancer is smoking not always but in most cases and smoking also causes Dry cough health issues. Dry cough is also one of the most common symptoms of Lung cancer which can alert the patient at an early stage,
Symptoms of Chronic Dry Cough after Covid 19
Sometimes dry cough may occur with other symptoms also:-
- Fatigue – Dry Cough might carry this common symptom with itself. During coughing a person needs to put physical effort and if this coughing issue reaches to extreme level then the patient will automatically feel tired because of coughing again and again.
- Fever – Fever is also one of the carry-over symptoms of dry cough after covid and it is the common thing that whenever a person is suffering from cold and coughing the next stage will be probably fever only.
- Headache – If the patient coughing more than a causal level then it puts pressure and strain on his or her brain especially in Dry cough because it does not produce any mucus. It only causes pain in the chest and sometimes headaches also.
- Loss of Appetite – There is also a condition when coughing and loss of appetite may occur together and this can be seen in GERD that is (Gastroesophageal reflux disease).
- Weight Loss – Critical Condition of dry cough may also show you the symptoms of weight loss. A gradual fall in weight always indicates that something is not on right track and someone needs a doctor.
- Runny Nose – This is also considering as one of the symptoms because cold is always accompanied by cough and vice versa for coughing problems.
- Sore Throat – Coughing more than four times a day will automatically give you s sore throat which makes you feel like not eating anything.
- Bad Breathe – This is also one of the common symptoms among all. Coughing day and night makes the breath unbearable.
- Vomiting – Vomiting is not a disease but before starting any disease it occurs and can be the symptom of various diseases.
Investigation
How can we assure ourselves that with what health issue we are going through? For that various tests are available in medical science which can give you the accurate answer to all your questions. Test like, CT Scan which is basically for a brain for example if someone is having headache issue for a long time then to know the exact issue doctor will ask to do CT Scan.
X-RAY :- it is used to checking the condition of bones in case of fracture or broken bones. Spirometer: – If a person is facing any issue in the lungs or something related to the lungs then the doctor uses this device to measure the in and out the volume.
According to Ayurveda
According to Ayurveda the reason behind dry cough is excessive consumption of dry food and also when Vata dosha is not balanced. Apart from these, there is some other reason that is excessive physical fatigue and abolition of natural drug.
Treatment for Dry Cough after Covid 19
1. Tulsi – It is known as the goddess plant in India and people in India worship this plant and this plant truly possesses the benefits of the goddess. It is very commonly known for its benefits for dry cough.
2. Garlic – In winters, even without having any issue people used to eat garlic so that they can protect themselves from cold and cough.
3. Turmeric – There is no doubt that turmeric not only has anyone health benefit but various benefits and it is beneficial for cough cold is one of them.
4. Peppermint – According to Ayurveda, it is not only good for dry cough but also for wet cough.
5. Black Pepper – You can add this spice to your tea or your lunch/dinner and will surely help you to get relief from dry cough.
6. Cardamom – This can easily help to heal cough, cold, and also bad throat.
7. Shunthi – This herb is not only good for dry cough but also one of the best herbs for respiratory disease.
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