Five Ways to Relieve a Lingering Cough

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Along with a great many other people, I tend to come down with a cold in early Spring.I suspect I've fallen into the habit of reading the calendar and not the thermostat. This, plus the changing temperatures, explain this particular spring ritual of mine. And, while I tend to get over the worst of the cold quite quickly, I'm often left with a lingering cough that tends to move in as a permanent guest. 

You can imagine, therefore, how quickly my eyes were draw to a Care2 article entitled: Five Ways to Relieve a Lingering Cough. Sometimes when I read this type of article, I'm interested in a vague sort of way, but know I'll never use them - sometime like clipping a recipie for a fancy fruit cake I'll never get around to baking (too much effort to find the ingredients in Seoul and more work than I'm prepared to put into anything in the kitchen.). However, Terri Hall's suggestions looked pretty easy to implement and they made sense. So, I thought I'd share with all the Korea4Expats visitors who are also suffering from that lingering spring cold cough or know someone who is.

5 Ways to Relieve a Lingering Cough by Terri Hall
The fever and achy muscles are gone, you’re feeling much better, but that hacking cough is still hanging in there.  While a cough that won’t go away can be caused by something other than a cold (e.g., bronchitis, sinusitis, allergies, pneumonia), for many, a nagging cough can linger around for up to three weeks after the other symptoms of a cold have passed.  What can you do to get some relief?  Here are a few non-over-the-counter suggestions:

4 comments | Add your comment

Laurence, 2011-05-04 12:08:13

Thank you. This month I've contracted Pneumonia and Asthma and I feel like crap most days. Actually, I haven't taught in 3 weeks as result. Great article. Now I just have to hunt down some real Honey. Maybe lotte.

Carolyn, 2011-05-05 08:45:10

You need to change the typo in your title, unless you really meant to talk about old sofas (couches) that you just can't seem to get rid of even though you leave them out on the curb as trash. That's a problem we have sometimes back in the USA. You'll see a "lingering couch" out on the side of the road in poor neighborhoods.

Helen, 2011-05-12 02:13:59

"Couch" should be "cough" in the title. As a journalist I love seeing title typos.. they're fun. :) Thanks for the little laugh :) But the article is well-written! Thanks for the info!

korea4Expats, 2011-05-23 14:38:06

Thank you to everyone who noted the typo. Some do manage to sneak past us.

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