From Snotty to Congested: A Guide to Cold Symptom Language
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The Differences Between Dry Cough and Flemi Cough
A lot of medical terms are quite difficult to write. You might have a mucus-y cough or a Flemi cough, and some people will have a wheeze. To wheeze is this extended escape of air sound. If you're coughing, oh gosh, that's made me lightheaded. Oh gosh, whew. It may be because you've got asthma. Or it might just be the type of infection that you’re suffering from. We talk about having a dry cough - when there isn't any movement of mucus in your mouth. That's more throaty. Whereas if there's amovement of mucus we'd call
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