Selasa, 29 Desember 2009
DISEASE COUGH
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 the irritation of the throat due to mucus, food, dust, smoke and so on.
Cough due to certain stimuli, such as dust on cough receptor (nose, respiratory tract, and even the ears). Receptor will then flow through the nerves to the cough center in the brain. Here will give signals to the muscles of the body to remove foreign materials before, until there was a cough.
Acute and Chronic
Cough can be divided into two types of acute cough and chronic cough, they are grouped according to time.
Acute cough is a cough that lasts less than 14 days, and in 1 episode. If the cough is more than 14 days, or occurs in 3 episodes during the 3 months in a row, called a chronic cough or recurrent chronic cough.
Recurrent chronic cough that often attack children is due to asthma, tuberculosis (TB), and pertussis (whooping cough / cough 100 days). Pertussis is a chronic cough caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis can be prevented by immunization DPT.
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