What causes constant cough

[kcs36092]

Cough caused by swallowing food, brushing the crown of my hair, talking.  Feels like swollen lymph node on right side of neck.  Have been to several ENT and one said it was silent acid reflux even though I have never had any of the symtoms people mention.  Tried the medicines nexium, prilosec, gaviscon and several more (all of these were to be taken at one time).  None seem to help over a 30 day time frame.  This cough can come on at any time.  Do you have any clues as to the cause?


This discussion is related to Constant cough, post nasal drip, and swollen sinuses and throat.

[hava]

This natural technique will help to control the cough. Do the Ujjayi pranayam 3 to 21 times daily. Do the anulom vilom pranayam for 15 to 30 minutes, twice a day.Drink warm water and avoid cold drinks. Come back to report your progress, so others may benefit. The effect is gradual and you will experience coughing initially, when doing ujjayi.
Ujjayi pranayam
Procedure: While breathing in, tighten throat(contract glotis) and there will be sound from back of throat, then drop chin(rest chin on chest), hold breath as long as possible.Then  chin up, close right nostril and slowly breath out through left nostril.
Duration: 5 – 21 times


How to do Ujjayi
When you clear your throat, you tighten your throat and breath out, twice, with a pause in between. . Now if you reverse this, that is, tighten the throat and breath in continuously for abour 8 to 12 seconds, then hold your breath for 4 seconds with the chin down, then  chin up, close right nostril and slowly breath out through left nostril, you have just done Ujjayi pranayam.You will feel like coughing initially.

Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after one minute.
Anulom Vilom pranayam –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril  
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril  
then -keeping the left nostril closed  deep breath-in through right nostril
then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 15 to 30  minutes twice a day.
Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.
August 25, 2011

[coughinglady]

I too have developed a chronic cough. I too have seen the ENT and was told it was acid relux and was prescribed medicine which seemed to help at first, but then did not. My cough will come and go, but never full go away. I will cough so hard I want to throw up and when talking I have rto stop and cough between words. It is getting very anoying. I also have been waking up with a horse voice which made sense with the acid reflux, however I do not think that is the right diagnosis.
It seems to get worse when talking or working hard and upon drinking cold drinks. I have not noticed (yet) anything else that triggers it. Food or eating possible.
I also have a huge nasil drip issue, but when I take musinex D and Benzonate the nasil issue will go away, but not the cough.
It is a "seal bark" type of cough, to me it sounds dry but I do occasionally get phlem.
I am dying for a remedy or diagnosis!!!

Help!

Coughinglady