Smokers cough

Smokers cough: Introduction

Smokers cough: A smoker's cough refers to coughing that normally occurs in people who have a history of chronic smoking. The coughing occurs mainly in the morning as the airways try and clear toxins and mucus that has built up during the night. Smoking affects the cilia that line the trachea and airways so that they can't effectively remove mucus and phlegm so coughing is an alternative way of removing the buildup. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Smokers cough is available below.

Symptoms of Smokers cough

• This type of cough is dry without any phlegmatic discharge. There is a feeling of release of particles from respiratory tract
• Raspy cough
• Productive cough
• Chronic coughing - worse in the morning
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Smokers cough: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Smokers cough:

• Onset of cancers of the respiratory tract
• Reduced resistance to bacterial and viral respiratory infections
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Smokers cough?

• Misdiagnosis of Smokers cough
• Failure to diagnose Smokers cough
• Hidden causes of Smokers cough (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Smokers cough

Causes of Smokers cough

• Cigarette smoking - In the trachea, the walls are lined with cilia, small hairs that protrude from the tracheal epithelium. They move in a synchronous wavelike motion, thereby moving foreign bodies trapped in phlegm upwards towards the oropharynx, so they may be swallowed. Cigarette smoke destroys or paralyzes these cilia, so the only way that phlegm can be removed is via coughing.
• Smoking
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More information about causes of Smokers cough:

• Underlying causes of Smokers cough
• Smokers cough as a symptom

Treatments for Smokers cough

• Quit smoking
• Stop smoking. Cessation of smoking can initially cause an increase in coughing as the cilia which clear the airways start to work properly again
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