A persistent cough may last up to eight weeks following a respiratory infection. A cough usually resolves on its own. However, if it persists with other symptoms such as chest pain and shortness ...

In fact, this experience at the theatre in Salford a few weeks ago was nothing new. For more than a decade Bethan has been living with a chronic refractory cough, the medical term for a condition ...

Lukasz Antoniewicz, a pulmonologist who treats patients at the Medical University of Vienna’s chronic cough unit in Austria, says a few weeks of coughing after an illness is normal. Still ...

You should see your doctor for a cough that doesn’t improve after eight weeks, as it could be a symptom of an undiagnosed lung disease or other health conditions, Rizzo said. Chronic cough may ...