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Managing Cough as a Defense Mechanism and as a Symptom

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What makes us cough?

A cough probably begins with irritation of nerves in the respiratory tract. The irritation may come from a plug of mucus in the airway, for example, or from exposure to a chemical aerosol such as hair spray, or postnasal drip, or from a number of other causes.

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