Can heart disease cause coughing?

Heart disease is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. It is a difficult and complicated disease. When the condition is mild, some effective measures can be taken to inhibit the development of the disease and possibly cure it. However, if heart disease is in the late stage, there is still no effective measure to treat the disease, and it can only slow down the aggravation of the disease. Typical symptoms of heart disease include palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and dizziness. Many people wonder whether heart disease can cause coughing. Heart disease sometimes causes coughing, but not all heart diseases will have this symptom.

Heart disease may cause cough, which is called cardiac cough. Cardiogenic cough refers to wheezing-like dyspnea caused by left heart failure. It is caused by paroxysmal asthma caused by left heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, and is often caused by organic heart disease.

Guidance :

In the acute phase, the main focus is on controlling the symptoms of heart failure, such as limiting sodium and water, vasodilation, and diuresis. In addition, find out the cause of heart failure and then provide targeted treatment.

Cardiogenic asthma is paroxysmal asthma caused by left heart failure and acute pulmonary edema. Its clinical manifestations during an attack may be similar to those of bronchial asthma. Cardiogenic asthma is a clinical emergency caused by a patient with a history of hypertension or heart disease. When having asthma, the patient may have symptoms such as frequent coughing, foamy sputum, especially bloody sputum, heart enlargement, arrhythmia and abnormal heart sounds. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, active rescue and treatment must be carried out. The main measures include oxygen inhalation, cardiotonic and diuretic, vasodilation, sedation, etc.

Cough is mainly caused by inflammation of the upper respiratory tract such as throat, trachea, and bronchitis caused by the spread of viral or bacterial infection. It is also the last symptom of a cold to disappear. The treatment of cough must be antibacterial treatment. Penicillins (such as amoxicillin) or cephalosporin antibiotics can be used for about a week; the second is symptomatic treatment. For coughs that are not very serious, it is recommended to take expectorants such as bromhexine or Chuanbei Xueli Paste to promote sputum discharge, because coughing is a protective reflex of the human body that can expel foreign matter. If the condition is serious, it is recommended to use cough suppressants such as phenpropiazole or hexachloride in a short period of time, but pay attention to the duration of medication, which should not be too long.

Clinical manifestations

1. Nature of cough Coughing without sputum or with very little sputum is called a dry cough, which can be seen in acute pharyngitis, bronchitis, early pulmonary tuberculosis, pleurisy due to various reasons, etc. Coughing with sputum is called a wet cough, which can be seen in pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, chronic fibrocavitary tuberculosis, etc.

2. The timing and rhythm of coughing: Sudden cough is often caused by inhalation of irritating gases, foreign bodies in the trachea or bronchus, acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, etc.; long-term recurrent chronic cough is often seen in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, chronic fibrocavitary tuberculosis, chronic lung abscess, etc.; paroxysmal cough is seen in whooping cough, tumors, etc.; night cough is often seen in chronic heart failure, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc.; cough in the early morning or when changing body position is seen in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, etc.

3. The timbre of a cough refers to the color and characteristics of the sound of a cough. A hoarse cough is seen in vocal cord inflammation or tumors, etc.; a barking cough is seen in epiglottis, laryngeal lesions or tracheal compression; a metallic-tone cough is seen in mediastinal tumors, aortic aneurysms, lung cancer, etc.; a weak cough is seen in extreme exhaustion or vocal cord paralysis.

Diet therapy:

1 Cut the white radish into slices and steam it with clean water. When the radish is cooked, filter out the water with a teacup or small bowl and drink it after it cools down a little. Can effectively relieve cough symptoms. If you persist for a few days, you will be cured.

2 Duck pears have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing away fire and eliminating phlegm. Therefore, eating pears and drinking pear juice can effectively treat symptoms of cough with excessive phlegm.

3. Crush 5 walnuts and 25 grams of raw sesame seeds into powder. Peel and crush 25 grams of ginger. Put them in a bowl, add brown sugar and stir evenly. Take one tablespoon each time and drink it with boiled water, once in the morning and once in the evening. It can effectively treat cough.

4. Cut the ginger into slices. Put a piece in your mouth when you have a cough. The cough will stop immediately. Take another tablet when your throat itches again, and do this for a few days, and your throat will be healed.

5 Put 10 grams of rock sugar and 3 bananas in a bowl, and steam them in a pot over low heat for about 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and drink the medicine. Your cough will be cured after a few days of cooking.