How does a chronic cough happen? what’s the biological process behind it?
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Former bioing. researcher into COPD maybe I can help. So there’s many risk factors that only slightly cause the bronchi to get inflamed. Might be occasional exposition to burnt particles, paint, other type of substances, etc. Maybe it’s cigarette smoke, or maybe there’s just a genetic predisposition that even cold, dry air might, with time and old age, cause a state of “chronic” inflamation. How does inflammation biologically works? I can’t remember, you can look that up on wikipedia it’s a very well understood fenomenon. The thing is, when that kind of tissue is swollen/inflamed tend to cause a cough reflex to maybe liberate it from obstructions, or excessive mucus or else. It’s literally any local “harmful” (within the bronchi) sensation that might cause coughing. It can be mitigated and in some mild cases reversed to complete recovery. But some patients are more susceptible from even a body structure type, eg. short and narrow chest suffer more this condition. Old people. Smokers/regular exposure to inflammatory substances (pollution even).
Former bioing. researcher into COPD maybe I can help. So there’s many risk factors that only slightly cause the bronchi to get inflamed. Might be occasional exposition to burnt particles, paint, other type of substances, etc. Maybe it’s cigarette smoke, or maybe there’s just a genetic predisposition that even cold, dry air might, with time and old age, cause a state of “chronic” inflamation. How does inflammation biologically works? I can’t remember, you can look that up on wikipedia it’s a very well understood fenomenon. The thing is, when that kind of tissue is swollen/inflamed tend to cause a cough reflex to maybe liberate it from obstructions, or excessive mucus or else. It’s literally any local “harmful” (within the bronchi) sensation that might cause coughing. It can be mitigated and in some mild cases reversed to complete recovery. But some patients are more susceptible from even a body structure type, eg. short and narrow chest suffer more this condition. Old people. Smokers/regular exposure to inflammatory substances (pollution even).
Former bioing. researcher into COPD maybe I can help. So there’s many risk factors that only slightly cause the bronchi to get inflamed. Might be occasional exposition to burnt particles, paint, other type of substances, etc. Maybe it’s cigarette smoke, or maybe there’s just a genetic predisposition that even cold, dry air might, with time and old age, cause a state of “chronic” inflamation. How does inflammation biologically works? I can’t remember, you can look that up on wikipedia it’s a very well understood fenomenon. The thing is, when that kind of tissue is swollen/inflamed tend to cause a cough reflex to maybe liberate it from obstructions, or excessive mucus or else. It’s literally any local “harmful” (within the bronchi) sensation that might cause coughing. It can be mitigated and in some mild cases reversed to complete recovery. But some patients are more susceptible from even a body structure type, eg. short and narrow chest suffer more this condition. Old people. Smokers/regular exposure to inflammatory substances (pollution even).
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