Cough It's Not Disease

Cough It's Not Disease. EVERY person must have felt the cough. Although often associated with pain, acough is actually not a disease. Coughing is a reflection of the physiology to protect the body from foreign objects entering the throat.

"Coughing is not a disease. Coughing is the body's defense mechanisms in the respiratory tract and is a symptom of a disease or the body's reaction to irritation in the throat," said Prof. Dr. Sumali Wiryowidagdo Apt.


This is explained as a speaker on the theme "Efficacious Herbal Remedy Cough In" organized by Deltomed recently.

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There are several types of acute cough as cough, chronic cough, allergic cough, cough asthma, tuberculosis, and pertussis cough (Bordetella pertussis because of germs). So there are several kinds are also causes of cough.