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What Causes Severe Cough And Headache?

I got what i thought was a cold a week ago but it had me slammed in bed, body shakes little cough but mainly body akes and it didnt get better just changed to head splitting pains when i dry coughed ..the past 4 days i thought i would wake up better but i just was coughing up gunk and then it cleared up but im coughing harder all day and its just basically salt water noww not thick or even close to thick just watery whattt is going on
posted on Thu, 16 Apr 2015
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HI

Thanks for posting your query.

It seems like a Viral Infection of the throat. Viral infection can cause severe body pains , headache and Cough. Within 2-3 days the body pains and headache will subside but the cough can persist ( like in your case ) for 1-2 weeks .

In such condition what you need to do is Salt water gargling 3-4 times every day , drink hot water , avoid spicy and non veg food and avoid Citrus fruits .

If the cough persists then get a Throat swab culture sensitivity test to check if there is any persisting infection. In that case it will show which antibiotic will cure the infection.

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What Causes Severe Cough And Headache?

HI Thanks for posting your query. It seems like a Viral Infection of the throat. Viral infection can cause severe body pains , headache and Cough. Within 2-3 days the body pains and headache will subside but the cough can persist ( like in your case ) for 1-2 weeks . In such condition what you need to do is Salt water gargling 3-4 times every day , drink hot water , avoid spicy and non veg food and avoid Citrus fruits . If the cough persists then get a Throat swab culture sensitivity test to check if there is any persisting infection. In that case it will show which antibiotic will cure the infection. Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask .