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    Cough: Adilah: Physiotherapist

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    A cough is a reflex to clear irritants from the airways. Acute coughs are usually due to upper respiratory infections like colds or flu. Chronic coughs can be caused by smoking, post-nasal drip, GERD, or asthma. Physiotherapy techniques like active cycle breathing and postural drainage help clear mucus, while essential oils applied topically or inhaled may relieve cough symptoms. Tracheal stimulation can elicit coughing in infants or disoriented patients.

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    A cough is a reflex to clear irritants from the airways. Acute coughs are usually due to upper respiratory infections like colds or flu. Chronic coughs can be caused by smoking, post-nasal drip, GERD, or asthma. Physiotherapy techniques like active cycle breathing and postural drainage help clear mucus, while essential oils applied topically or inhaled may relieve cough symptoms. Tracheal stimulation can elicit coughing in infants or disoriented patients.

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    A cough is a reflex to clear irritants from the airways. Acute coughs are usually due to upper respiratory infections like colds or flu. Chronic coughs can be caused by smoking, post-nasal drip, GERD, or asthma. Physiotherapy techniques like active cycle breathing and postural drainage help clear mucus, while essential oils applied topically or inhaled may relieve cough symptoms. Tracheal stimulation can elicit coughing in infants or disoriented patients.

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    COUGH

    ADILAH : PHYSIOTHERAPIST
    LUNGS ANATOMY
    WHAT IS COUGH ?
    • A cough is a reflex action to clear your
    airways of mucus and irritants such as
    dust or smoke. It's rarely a sign of anything
    serious.
    • A "dry cough" means it's tickly and doesn't
    produce any phlegm (thick mucus).
    • A "chesty cough" means phlegm is
    produced to help clear your airways.
    WHAT CAUSES COUGH
    Causes of acute (short-term) cough

    1. In most cases, the infection is in the upper respiratory tract and affects the
    throat, this is known as a URTI or URI (upper respiratory tract infection).
    Examples include:
    • flu
    • common cold
    • Laryngitis

    2. If it is an LRTI (lower respiratory tract infection), the lungs are infected,


    and/or the airways lower down from the windpipe. Examples include:
    • bronchitis
    • Pneumonia

    3. An acute cough can also be caused by hay fever.


    WHAT CAUSES COUGH
    Causes of chronic (long-term) cough

    1. A chronic cough may be caused by:


    • smoking
    • mucus dripping down the throat from the back of the nose (post nasal drip)
    • GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease)
    • Asthma

    2. Chronic coughs in children are most often caused by asthma, but can also
    be from conditions like post-nasal drip or GERD.

    3. Less common causes of chronic cough in adults include TB (tuberculosis),


    fungal infections of the lung, and lung cancer.
    BRONCHITIS
    PNEUMONIA
    LUNGS LOBE
    HOW TO CLEAR PLHEGM BY
    COMBINING YLEO AND
    PHYSIOTHERAPY
    TECHNIQUE ?
    WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
    1. DRY COUGH :
    • Adult :
    - 2-3times/day : taking orally or make a tea mixture : EO Thieves + EO
    Lemon + EO Peppermint + Honey
    - Layering on chest : EO Lemon + EO Peppermint + EOEucalyptus
    Globulus
    - Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
    - Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
    WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
    • Children :
    - Layering on chest : EO Lemon + EOEucalyptus Radiata
    - Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
    - Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
    WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
    2. CHESTY COUGH :
    • Adult :
    - 2-3times/day : taking orally or make a tea mixture : EO Lemon +
    EO Thieves + EO Peppermint + Honey
    - Layering on chest : EO RC + EO Dorado Azul / EO Breath Again
    - Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
    - Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO
    Thieves
    WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
    • Children :
    - Layering on chest : EO RC + EO Lemon + EOEucalyptus Radiata
    - Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
    - Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
    PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
    • Active Cycle Breathing Technique (ACBT)
    PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
    • Chest percussion
    PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
    • Postural Drainage : Adult
    PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
    • Postural Drainage : Children
    PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
    • Tracheal Stimulation
    - Tracheal tickle, may be used with infants or disoriented patients.
    - This is somewhat uncomfortable maneuver, performed to elicit a reflexive
    cough.
    - The therapist places two fingers at the sternal, notch and applies a circular
    motion with pressure downward into the trachea to facilitate a reflexive
    cough.

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