Cough is one of the most common symptoms that a doctor encounters in clinical practice did you know that by merely listening to the patient cough you can identify the location of the irritant. You can make a diagnosis of what the cough is because of remember that cough is a forceful expiry act during this forceful expiratory act air is pushed from the alveolus up through the small Airways medium-sized.
Airways large sized Airways trachea pharynx and mouth that whole pressure is built up from the alveoli and is pushed out through the lungs if the irritant focus is in the deeper portions of the lungs. Such as in the interstitial or in the alveoli for example the patient has pulmonary fibrosis or if the patient has pulmonary edema or if the patient has pneumonia.
You may also read: What are the 4 types of cough?
