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Why Do I Get Cough After Drinking Alcohol?

why do i keep getting a persistant cough after a night out drinking? every time i have a night out and drink alcohol i end up ill with a bad cold and a cough that i cant shift for weeks. Even when having a glass of wine at home it causes me to have a cough not long after drinking it?
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
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Hello
This is a clear case of allergic reaction to alcohol or its ingredients . Because when you drink alcohol it develops antihistminic reaction and it causes allergic reaction , hence there develop bronchoconstriction . This produces whistling sound during breathing . This bronchoconstriction causes cough and cold ( due to constriction). Only two options are there .
1 get rid of alcohol , so reaction will not occur.
2 Take some antihistamine tablet with alcohol and you will not develop such allergy or cough , if occurs severity will be less.
This is my personal advise don't drink alcohol.
Good luck.
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Why Do I Get Cough After Drinking Alcohol?

Hello This is a clear case of allergic reaction to alcohol or its ingredients . Because when you drink alcohol it develops antihistminic reaction and it causes allergic reaction , hence there develop bronchoconstriction . This produces whistling sound during breathing . This bronchoconstriction causes cough and cold ( due to constriction). Only two options are there . 1 get rid of alcohol , so reaction will not occur. 2 Take some antihistamine tablet with alcohol and you will not develop such allergy or cough , if occurs severity will be less. This is my personal advise don t drink alcohol. Good luck.