A wet cough is one in which mucus builds up in the chest. If you have a wet cough, you may feel tightness in your chest and you may hear a wheezing sound when breathing.
This mucus build up is difficult to get rid of by coughing.
Respiratory tract infections such as sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia etc.
Postnasal drip
Chronic bronchitis
Smoking
Chest congestion
Coughing that produces mucus
Tightness in the chest due to mucus
Wheezing sound when breathing
Expectorants are used to treat cough with mucus (wet cough). They loosen the mucus making it easier to expel from the body. Guaiphenesin is a commonly used expectorant.
Q: What is Wet Cough?
A: A wet cough is one in which mucus builds up in the chest.
Q: What are expectorants?
A: Expectorants are used to treat wet cough that help loosen mucus making it easier to expel from the body.
Q: What is Guaiphenesin?
A: Guaiphenesin is a common expectorant which thins the mucus making it easier to expel from the body.
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