prolonged cough

Cough is a beneficial reflex of the body. Because coughing helps push dust, foreign bodies and harmful agents into the respiratory tract through the nose.

Associate Professor Pham Hung Cuong, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, said lung cancer is one of the five most common cancers in Vietnam.

Cough is a manifestation of many different pathologies but the following causes of coughing should not be ignored.

Cough is not a disease but a warning sign of health problems such as pneumonia, gastroesophageal or asthma.