Hi, I'm new here. For the last two weeks I've had a dry, ticklish cough. It's not a hacking sort of cough, just a dryness, and I've had a lot of clear mucus with it. I'm getting alarmed. I am a smoker and know I should quit. Does this spell doom?
You probably have a viral upper respiratory infection but your cough is most likely also related to your smoking. Smoking is a common cause of cough, especially if it persists.
A cough can be a side effect of a group of medicines used to treat high blood pressure called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. In a person who has a normal chest x-ray and who doesn
I think you answered your own question. Here's some information from the American Lung Association about Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/copd_factsheet.html
Approximately 80 to 90 percent of COPD cases are caused by smoking; a smoker is 10 times more likely than a nonsmoker to die of COPD.
You can quit...I was a smoker and have been smoke free for 6 years. Good luck to you!