Yu gɛt kɔf we nɔ de mek yu vɛks ɛn we nɔ de mek yu gɛt mɔkus, bɔt yu trot de it? Yu kin de wɔnda wetin dis dray kɔf we kin wek yu sɔntɛnde na nɛt ɛn ivin kam pan we yu de tɔk, rili de tɔk bɔt. Dis na nɔmal tin, ɔ na sɔntin we wi fɔ wɔri bɔt? Mek wi tok abaut am ol tide.
Wetin rili na dray kɔf?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dray kɔf na kɔf we nɔ de mek mɔkus ɔ swɛt . Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak "unproductive cough." Nɔmal wan, wi bɔdi kin yuz kɔf fɔ pul tin dɛn we wi nɔ want na di lɔng ɛn di say dɛn we wi kin blo, lɛk vayrɔs, baktri, ɛn dɔst.
Tink bɔt di say we wi de blo lɛk wata paip. If wan pat pan di dɔti (fhlegm) stɔp na dis paip, wi kin blo wata tru am ɛn drɛb am. Na dat "phlegm cough" bi. Bɔt pan dray kɔf, wetin kin apin na dat sɔntin de insay di paip we kin mek di kɔf, lɛk fɔ irita, inflamɛns, ɔ tikl. Ivin if natin nɔ de we big fɔ pul am kɔmɔt, di inflamɛns kin mek di kɔf kɔntinyu.
Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf we i dɔn dray?
Simpul tin dɛn kin de we kin mek pɔsin kɔf dray, ɛn rizin dɛn kin de we kin mek pɔsin pe atɛnshɔn smɔl. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk di men tin dɛn we kin mek wi gɛt dis sik.
| Mek | Wan simpul ɛksplen |
|---|---|
| Alɛji dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt | Tin dɛn lɛk dɔst, pɔlin, ɛn animal dɛn kin mek di say we yu de blo vɛks ɛn mek yu kɔf. |
| Asma we gɛt asma | Wan men sayn fɔ asma na we yu de kɔf we de dray ɛn we nɔ de dɔn, we kin bad mɔ na nɛt. |
| GERD (Gastroesophageal Riflɔks Sik) . | Dis na siriɔs kes fɔ di kɔndishɔn we wi kɔl "gastritis." di bεlε asid de bak כp insay di trot, we de mek di dilik tisu dεm na di trot de inflamed εn mek i kכf. |
| Afta kol, flu, COVID-19 | We yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn lɛk dis, dray kɔf kin de fɔ sɔm wiks afta di sik dɔn dɔn bikɔs ɔf inflamɛns na di say we yu de blo. |
| Tin dɛn we de ambɔg di envayrɔmɛnt | If yu blo tin dɛn lɛk sigrɛt smok, kemikal, ɛn strɔng sɛnt, dat kin mek yu trot ɛn yu lɔng dɛn vɛks ɛn mek yu kɔf. |
| Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn (Mɛdikeshɔn sayd ɛfɛkt) . | Dray kɔf kin apin as sayd ɛfɛkt fɔ sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, mɔ di wan dɛn we de fɔ ay blɔd prɛshɔn (e.g. ACE inhibitors). |
| Rizin dɛm fɔ tek tɛm mɔ (dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt) . | |
| COPD (Krכnik Obstrכktiv Pulmonari Disiz) . | Wan sik wae kin kam wit lɔng tɛm wae kin apun mɔr pan pipul dɛm wae de smok. |
| Ɔda siriɔs tin dɛn we kin apin | Nɔr kin ɔltɛm, wae pɔrsin kin dray kɔf fɔ lɔng tɛm kin bi sayn bak fɔ sɔm kayn tin lɛk wae yu at nɔr de woke fayn, yu lɔng kansa, ɔr yu gɛt TB. |
Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no ustɛm de mek yu kɔf. Di bɛst pɔsin fɔ du dat na yu dɔktɔ.
Wetin yu kin du na os fɔ kɔf we de mɔna yu?
If de tin wae de mek yu kɔf nɔr siriɔs, yu kin gɛt fridɔm wit dɛn simpul tin ya.
- Drink bɔku wata ɛn wata: If yu drink wam wata ɛn ti, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu trot nɔ dray ɛn nɔ irita. Wan kɔp wam wata wit smɔl ɔni ɛn lɛmon na fayn sɔlv.
- Wan ti spɔnj ɔni:Stɔdi dɛn dɔn ivin sho se ɔni ebul fɔ kɔntrol kɔf. If yu drink wan ti spɔnj ɔni bifo yu go slip, dat kin mek yu nɔ slip fayn bikɔs yu kɔf. (Bɔt nɔ gi ɔni to bebi dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet).
- Stiam Inhalashɔn: If yu inhal stim frɔm wan bol we gɛt ɔt wata ɔ yu tek shawa we gɛt stim, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di say dɛn we yu de blo wet ɛn mek yu nɔ kɔf. If yu gɛt humidifier na os, fɔ yuz am bak na fayn tin.
- Kɔf drɔp / Lozenges: We yu inhal, dɛn tin ya de mek di saliva prodyuz na di mɔt ɛn i de mek di trot nɔ dray.
- OTC kɔf sɔpreshɔn: Sɔm kɔf sɔpreshɔn dɛn de we yu kin gɛt na di famasi. Bɔt i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz dɛn, bikɔs dɛn nɔ go fayn fɔ sɔm kayn kɔf.
Wetin fɔ du if smɔl pikin dɛn gɛt dray kɔf?
I nɔ fayn fɔ gi pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 4 ia yet fɔ kɔf mɛrɛsin we dɛn nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ in advays. So, if yu smɔl pikin gɛt kɔf, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn. If yu yuz humidifier na os ɛn ful-ɔp di bafa wit ɔt wata ɛn stim am wit yu pikin fɔ sɔm tɛm, dat kin mek i fil fayn.
If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, yu go mɔs go to dɔktɔ!
Pan ɔl we dray kɔf nɔ kin denja, if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan di sayn dɛn we de dɔŋ ya wit yu kɔf, nɔ west tɛm ɛn go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
- Fɔ kɔf blɔd
- I nɔ izi fɔ blo ɔ fɔ swɛt
- Taya pasmak
- Fiva ɛn kol kol
- I kin pen wantɛm wantɛm na in chɛst we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ ɛksplen
- If yu yɛri ‘wheezing’ sawnd we yu de blo
Ɛspɛshali if yu dray kɔf las fɔ pas tri wik , i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin de mek yu kɔf am.
Yu tink se we yu kɔf, i kin mek yu chɛst at?
We yu kɔf tranga wan, yu kin gɛt mɔsul dɛn we de strɛs na yu chɛst. Dis kin tan lɛk di pen we yu kin fil we yu es ebi ebi tin. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin pul dis pen wit wan mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin fil pen lɛk paracetamol.
Bɔt if yu gɛt bad bad pen na yu chɛst wantɛm wantɛm , nɔ ɛva ignore am. I kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt at atak. If na so i bi, go na di ɔspitul we de nia yu na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Dray kɔf na kɔf we nɔ de mek mɔkus ɛn na bikɔs yu trot de at ɔ yu de tik.
- Bɔrku tɛm, dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf alɛji, asma, gastritis, ɔr wan sik wae kin kam afta yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn.
- Yu kin gɛt fridɔm frɔm di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin yuz na os lɛk fɔ drink wam wata, fɔ yuz ɔni, ɛn fɔ stim.
- If di kɔf las fɔ pas 3 wik ɔ i gɛt siriɔs sayn dɛn lɛk fɔ kɔf blɔd, i nɔ izi fɔ blo, ɔ yu chɛst de pen, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
- I rili impɔtant fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz ɛni mɛrɛsin, mɔ bifo yu gi pikin dɛn am.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn (FAQ dɛn)
💬 Wetin na Dray Kɔf / Nɔnprodaktiv Kɔf?
insay nכmal kכf, dεn kin trowe di mכkus (Phlegm/Sputum) we fulכp na di trot/lכng dεm. Bɔt insay dis we dɛn kɔl ‘Dray Kɔf’, ilɛk aw yu kɔf ɛn di chɛst ɛn trot de at, ‘nɔ phlegm nɔ de kɔmɔt’. Dis na wan kayn tin we de mek yu vɛks bad bad wan we de kɔntinyu fɔ mɔna yu, lɛk se sɔntin dɔn stɔp/bit na yu trot (tiklin sɛns), ɛn nɔ de mek yu slip!
💬 Wetin na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin kɔntinyu fɔ kɔf we nɔ gɛt blɔd (Dry Cough)?
Bɔku men rizin dɛn de fɔ dis: 1) Pɔst-vayral kɔf, we kin de fɔ sɔm wiks afta yu dɔn wɛl frɔm vayral infɛkshɔn / Flu / COVID-19. 2) Asma - mɔ na nɛt. 3) Gas/Asid na di bɛlɛ bikɔs ɔf GERD / Gastritis (i kin go ɔp na nɛt). 4) I kin bi bak sayd ifekt fכ sכm mεdikeshכn dεm lεk ACE Inhibitors - e.g. Losartan, Ɛnalapril, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn.
💬 Wetin na di ɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ dray kɔf? Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
Fɔs, drink ɔt wata wit ɔni ɛn laym, gargle wit sɔl wata, ɛn yuz humidifier. Bɔt if 1) yu kɔf blɔd (Hemoptysis - kin bi TB/kansa), 2) yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo/chɛst pen we yu de kɔf, 3) yu gɛt kɔf we de las fɔ pas 3 wik, 4) yu gɛt weit lɔs/fiva wit yu kɔf, yu fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm ɛn tek yu chɛst X-ray!
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