Cough and temperature 38 in an adult treatment. Methods for the treatment of dry cough at a temperature. Pathology of ENT organs

Let's look at which diseases cause a strong cough, and which of them are accompanied by fever.

Flu

After infection with the flu in an adult or child, the symptoms of the disease develop very quickly: high fever (from 38 C), a very strong cough (usually dry). A person with the flu suffers from headaches and muscle pain. When trying to cough, the patient may feel pain in the chest. Runny nose with influenza is mild.

In the early days of the flu, you should take an antiviral drug, for example, based on interferon.

You should not drink antibiotics for the flu - they do not work on viruses.

Cough syrups should only be taken if recommended by a doctor.

The main thing in the treatment of influenza is to alleviate the patient's well-being, and at the same time prevent the development of complications. You need a good rest, good sleep. Nutrition in the acute period of the disease should be high-calorie, contain the substances necessary for the body. However, you should not overeat, but you need to drink more than usual. Drink teas, compotes and fruit drinks, adding lemon, ginger and red pepper to them - this enhances blood circulation, activates the body's defenses.

Bronchitis

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi caused by viruses or bacteria. Bronchitis is characterized by 2 stages of cough development - dry and wet.

The first few days of viral bronchitis in an adult, there is a painful, severe dry cough without fever, and in children with a slight increase in it. After switching to a wet form, the cough becomes softer, causes less pain.

Bronchitis can be treated at home. A strong dry cough in a child with a temperature of 37 degrees is treated with mucolytic drugs. It is necessary to achieve the transition of a dry cough into a wet one. To do this, you need to drink a lot of water - teas, compotes, fruit drinks, breast collection. The more liquid is ingested, the thinner the sputum will be, and the easier it will be to cough up. Inhalation also gives a good effect. Soda, essential oil of eucalyptus or tea tree, decoction of medicinal plants (chamomile, marshmallow, licorice, etc.) can be added to the solution for inhalation.

When a strong dry cough has turned into a wet one, medication can be stopped (especially if a sick child or adult is already without fever).

Watch the color of the sputum: if it turns green, purulent, consult a doctor immediately, as this may indicate a bacterial infection.

With bacterial bronchitis, the child has a fever (38 C and above), a strong cough worries. In this case, it makes sense to take antibiotics. Antibacterial drugs must be prescribed by a doctor.

Tracheitis

Tracheitis is an inflammation of the tracheal mucosa caused by viruses or bacteria. The main symptoms of tracheitis:

• a strong cough in a child, aggravated at night and in the morning, without fever (if the infection is viral) or with fever (if the pathogen is a bacterium);
• in an adult or a child, an attack of severe coughing can provoke laughter, crying, loud screaming, physical activity, cold air;
• coughing, a person feels pain in the sternum or throat;
• the patient's breathing becomes superficial, as he unconsciously tries to avoid another bout of coughing.

The treatment strategy for tracheitis is the same as for bronchitis - prevention of thickening and accumulation of sputum in the airways. To reduce the frequency of night attacks of severe wet cough in a child without fever, put him to sleep on a high pillow - so sputum does not accumulate in the throat, but flows down the esophagus into the stomach.

Whooping cough is a deadly infectious disease. Her causative agent is whooping cough. At this time, whooping cough is very common, since not all parents vaccinate their children against this disease. It is worth noting that vaccinated children can also get sick, but in a much milder form.

At an early stage of whooping cough, the patient has symptoms resembling a cold: a runny nose, a temperature of 37 degrees and a cough that becomes more and more severe every day. Within two weeks, the patient's condition as a whole improves (temperature disappears, runny nose), but the cough becomes paroxysmal, very strong and painful. During an attack, a spasmodic contraction of the larynx occurs, as a result of which the patient makes whistling sounds when he coughs. This sound is of great diagnostic value - thanks to it, the doctor will not confuse whooping cough with any other disease. Since during an attack a person cannot breathe normally, he may experience signs of suffocation (blue face, lacrimation). In children, such a strong cough can cause vomiting. The attack usually ends with a lump of thick transparent sputum.

Whooping cough can take several months to heal. This is due to the fact that even after the death of all whooping cough, the cough center continues to stimulate the contraction of the muscles of the bronchi.

That is why, simultaneously with an antibiotic, drugs are prescribed that depress the cough center of the brain. The doctor should choose the necessary drugs and calculate the dosage, since whooping cough is a very serious disease, and self-medication is not appropriate here. Since this disease is very contagious, the patient must be hospitalized for about 25-30 days.

Pneumonia

Inflammation of the lungs, or pneumonia, is a group of diseases in which pathogenic microorganisms multiply in the lung tissue (many bacteria - pneumococci, staphylococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; influenza virus, adenoviruses; microscopic fungi; unicellular).

Symptoms of pneumonia:

• a sharp increase in body temperature to marks above 38 degrees;
• strong wet cough;
• pain when laughing, taking a deep breath, crying;
• rapid shallow breathing;
• wheezing in the lungs (heard when listening to the lungs at the doctor);
• opacity on x-ray of the lungs.

Very often, these symptoms are ignored by sick people. As a result, pneumonia is one of the most fatal diseases (mortality due to pneumonia reaches nine percent, despite the availability of effective medical drugs).

Treatment of this disease includes antibiotic therapy, expectorant drugs, physiological procedures, inhalations and warming of the chest. The patient usually requires hospitalization.

Tuberculosis

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a dangerous infectious disease. Usually, its first stages are almost asymptomatic. Some patients are concerned about poor appetite, sweating at night, lethargy, weight loss. Very often, pulmonary tuberculosis at an early stage is diagnosed by chance (for example, during a routine fluorography). In the absence of treatment, the disease progresses: the temperature rises in an adult / child (37-38 C), a strong cough appears, sputum discharge with blood, wheezing in the chest, runny nose. In severe cases, tuberculosis spreads to other organs - bones, intestines, muscles.

There can be many reasons for a strong, agonizing cough, but almost all of them are quite dangerous. So do not waste time, see a doctor as soon as possible. Remember that even the most serious diseases are successfully treated in the early stages.

A hysterical cough and fever are the first and most important signs of diseases of the bronchopulmonary system. They appear against the background of the inflammatory process, but it is extremely difficult to determine on your own where exactly the pathological focus is located. At the same time, even a sore throat familiar from childhood can turn into complications that are dangerous to human life. That is why an increase in temperature against the background of even a slight cough should be a reason to visit a doctor.

Fever with cough is usually a sign of illness

What diseases cause cough and fever

Cough and fever occurring at the same time is rare. Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the bronchopulmonary system and ENT organs in 90% of cases begin either with a cough or with a slight increase in temperature.

The characteristic symptom of bronchitis is a cough with fever.

In a word, neither a strong cough, nor a temperature of 38 or higher does not appear just like that. In any case, behind them are bacteria or viruses that have entered the human respiratory system. They can provoke at least 10 diseases, the main symptoms of which are severe cough and fever:

• influenza (ARVI);
• whooping cough;
• false croup;
• pneumonia;
• pharyngitis and laryngitis;
• pneumonia and bronchitis;
• tracheitis;
• angina;
• rhinitis;
• tuberculosis;
• oncological diseases of the throat and lungs.

A person with a sore throat usually has a fever and a cough

With certain diseases from the above list, there is a pronounced problem with breathing, and the body temperature becomes high from the first day of the manifestation of the disease. But sometimes serious diseases that threaten death can occur against the background of a slight cough.

It is important to know! In diseases such as cancer or pulmonary tuberculosis, a strong cough in 70% of cases occurs at the final stage of the disease, when it becomes impossible to completely cure the disease.

Cough and fever with SARS and colds

Most patients who complain of a cough with fever experience the consequences of respiratory diseases of viral and bacterial origin. Often they are combined into one group and called a cold. This is far from always true, because the same flu is transmitted mainly through the air and can be diagnosed in people who are not hypothermic. They also have special sets of symptoms (see table).

Symptom / manifestation of the disease	With SARS (flu)	With acute respiratory infections (cold or bacterial infection)
The onset of the disease	The onset is always acute with a sharp rise in temperature.	Gradual, increases within 2-3 days.
Cough	Dry, appears 2-3 days after the onset of the first symptoms of the disease. After another 2-3 days, sputum appears. With swine flu, a strong cough without sputum worries patients from the first day of illness.	It starts from 2-3 days, accompanied by the release of mucus when coughing.
Sore throat	Absent or appears a few days after coughing due to excessive irritation of the throat.	Present. The throat is inflamed, the mucous membranes are loose.
Runny nose	There is swelling of the nose without copious discharge. A few days after the onset of the disease, transparent snot appears.	A runny nose is observed even before the temperature rises. Green, white, or yellow mucus comes out of the nose.
Body temperature	The temperature is 39 degrees and above. In the morning, it decreases, and in the evening it begins to increase.	It rises slightly. The maximum readings reach 38.5 degrees, but in some cases, its indicators can reach 40-41 degrees.
Muscle and joint pain	Strong, disturbing from the very beginning of the disease, sometimes before the body temperature rises.	Not visible.
Headaches	Strong, observed from the first day of onset of symptoms.	They appear at high temperatures.
Other accompanying symptoms	In patients, the eyes turn red, there is intolerance to bright light. Adults may suffer from nausea, and children from diarrhea and vomiting.	Intestinal disorders are extremely rare. Symptoms of general intoxication are weak.

Colds and viral diseases require immediate medical attention, as they are fraught with many complications in the absence of competent therapy.

Important! It is not advisable to fight only with cough and fever - these are just symptoms, not the disease itself. With a viral and bacterial infection of the respiratory system, it is necessary to eliminate pathogens and reduce the inflammatory process.

In the event that cough and fever are observed intermittently, with small or long periods of calm, the doctor considers other diseases. So, with tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis or lung cancer, such symptoms are always weaker than in acute conditions. However, they hide irreversible changes in the lung tissue and bronchi. You should not leave them unattended, even if they do not cause significant discomfort.

Colds are the most common cause of fever with cough

How to deal with a cough

The first rule in dealing with coughs and fevers is to enlist the support of a specialist, that is, a doctor. Without his participation, it is impossible to establish the real cause of the disease and, therefore, to find medicines to combat it.

• if there is a dry cough, you need to take mucolytic drugs. They loosen phlegm and make it easier to cough up.
• if there is a cough with phlegm, the doctor recommends taking expectorants and bronchodilators.
• if the patient is worried about a strong cough with little or no sputum, antitussive drugs with codeine can alleviate the condition.

Cough and fever remedies are selected depending on the causes that caused them.

Important! Antitussive drugs are available only by prescription, because they have many contraindications and side effects. They are prescribed to children with extreme caution.

Physiotherapy procedures that can be done at home are also useful for coughing:

• applications on the chest and back with a distracting and warming effect;
• rubbing with warming and distracting ointments (with turpentine, propolis, etc.).

Steam inhalation can be done at home to fight a cough.

It is important to remember that inhalations and warming procedures can only be used in the absence of high temperature. With special care, they are carried out for children under 3 years of age and for patients with diagnosed lung cancer and tuberculosis.

How to lower the temperature

Most experts agree that in the first 2-5 days after the onset of symptoms of bronchopulmonary diseases, it is not worth bringing down the temperature. This will allow the body to fight the infection on its own. The following cases are an exception:

• the temperature rises to 38.5 degrees in adults and 38 degrees in children - with such indicators there is a risk of complications;
• the patient has convulsions;
• when the temperature rises, an intense headache begins, which is difficult to endure physically;
• fever is accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

It is necessary to bring down the temperature if a severe headache appears along with it.

The elevated body temperature is eliminated with standard drugs - Aspirin (only in adults!), Paracetamol or Ibuprofen. These non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs help to stabilize the patient's condition, relieve symptoms and reduce the inflammatory process.

From the temperature in children, drugs with NSAIDs in the form of syrups are used:

• Panadol;
• Efferalgan;
• Ibufen and others.

Means that are allowed to be used to lower the temperature in children

Additionally, you can use wiping with cool water, a cool shower. In no case should you wrap the patient - additional insulation can further increase the risk of complications. Antipyretic drugs should be selected taking into account the current state of the patient, his age, the presence of contraindications.

The appearance of a cough and high fever is always a bad sign that should not be ignored. Attempts to get rid of them on your own can lead to complications, so it is advisable to carry out therapy under the supervision of a doctor.

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Symptoms such as cough and a temperature of 38 are two very serious indicators that should never be ignored. Most often, they serve as a sign of a viral infection entering the body, but they can signal the occurrence of other pathologies.

What can cough, temperature 38 and headache indicate?

ARVI, familiar to everyone since childhood, is almost always accompanied by quite severe symptoms. Temperature 38, cough, runny nose are considered traditional signs of this disease.

In the initial stage of the development of the disease, bronchospasms are dry and quite painful. Heat at this stage may not occur.

With the course of the disease, a temperature of 38 C appears, and a strong cough develops from dry to wet. The transition of reflex spasms of the airways to a wet state is actually a very good sign. After all, along with sputum, pathogenic microorganisms that develop in it come out.

Temperature 38, cough, snot that arose against the background of SARS can last about a week and, of course, require treatment. In its absence, the pathological process can spread to the respiratory system and cause acute bronchitis.

In this case, cough and temperature of 38.5 will be accompanied by wheezing, shortness of breath, shortness of breath. After a few days, high fever subsides, and bronchospasms continue to be observed for a long time even with successful treatment. After all, the disturbed bronchial mucosa restores its normal work rather slowly.

Temperature 38.5, cough can serve as signs of sinusitis. In this case, sharp spastic exhalations are caused by dryness in the throat, and the following symptoms are added to the symptoms:

• Prolonged runny nose, accompanied by the release of purulent mucus.
• Nasal congestion.
• Pain in the area of ​​the maxillary sinuses.
• Malaise.
• Smell disturbance.
• Swelling of eyelids and cheeks.

When a sore throat, cough, temperature 38, then we can talk about the disease with acute laryngitis. In this case, unpleasant symptoms are accompanied by painful sensations in the throat:

• Tickle.
• Scratching.
• Dryness.

Bronchospasms with laryngitis occur due to the narrowing of the glottis and are initially dry in nature, and later develop into wet ones. One of the clearest indicators of this disease is a strong change in voice. It can sound rough, hoarse, and sometimes disappear altogether.

Strong cough, temperature 38 - what to do?

If you experience the above symptoms, you should visit a doctor as soon as possible or call him at home. After all, only a physician can correctly determine the reason why the temperature is 38, cough (strong or weak), and sometimes a runny nose.

Cough in adults occurs when the mucous membrane in the respiratory tract is strongly irritated. The causes of a strong cough, which is accompanied by a high fever, can be different, most often it is the flu, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, and infectious diseases. It is impossible to delay treatment, you must immediately be examined to find out the exact cause and undergo a timely course of therapy.

Causes of a strong cough with fever in an adult

Cough is a reliable defense of the body in various diseases, with the help of it everything unnecessary is removed from the respiratory organs. Severe cough with high fever appears:

1. In severe bronchial asthma.

2. With pharyngitis.

3. With heart failure.

4. Because of whooping cough.

5. With laryngitis.

7. Due to pneumonia.

The temperature appears when coughing, when an inflammatory process is observed in the airways, therefore, it is most often characteristic of pneumonia, bronchitis,. A strong cough is a consequence of inhaling cold and hot air. If a person develops emphysema, he is constantly tormented by bronchitis, the patient may suffocate. Symptoms should immediately alert you, they can talk about cancer of the lungs, bronchi, throat.

Symptoms of a severe cough

1. If an adult has a barking cough, the person loses his voice.

2. A quiet cough indicates that the vocal cords are destroyed, their paralysis is observed.

3. Due to emphysema, a person is disturbed by a dull kind of cough.

4. A hacking cough speaks of a malignant tumor in the respiratory tract.

5. When the pleura is affected, coughing brings great pain.

If an adult has a strong cough with sputum for a long time, this indicates suppuration in the lungs. With tracheitis, bronchitis, sputum is scanty, viscous. When sputum with pus is released, pleuropneumonia can be suspected, red blood cells increase in the blood. In the case of a lung abscess, the sputum has an unpleasant odor.

Sometimes, the disease can get worse. A lot of sputum appears, then the temperature rises. In this situation, it is important to consult with your doctor in time if a large amount of unusual impurities appear in the sputum. With a pulmonary infarction, sputum with blood is released, this symptom is also characteristic of tuberculosis, oncology. If sputum is excreted with food, you need to check the gastrointestinal tract additionally.

Sometimes sputum can indicate a serious pathological process in the liver. When an abscess breaks through, a large amount of sputum is released, which resembles semolina.

With a viral infection, in addition to a strong cough, there is a high body temperature, dizziness, general weakness in the body is felt, severe nausea, and vomiting can disturb for a long time.

If, apart from cough and fever, there are no other symptoms, this indicates pneumonia or lung cancer, tuberculosis. In this situation, only a doctor can help.

Treatment of severe cough with fever in an adult

1. If a night cough bothers you for a long time, you need to warm up 300 ml of milk, add a little honey, butter, soda on the edge of the knife. This drink softens, warms, with the help of it a large amount of mucus is formed.

2. To use this recipe effectively, you will need for it: lemon juice - a tablespoon, 3 tablespoons of glycerin, a teaspoon of honey. Drink the syrup on the first day of the disease not less than one teaspoon up to 5 times a day.

3. For colds, wheezing in the chest, it is recommended to use an infusion based on black elderberry flowers. In order to prepare it, you need to take a liter of boiling water, 3 tablespoons of the plant. Boil everything for 5 minutes. Add honey before drinking. Dosage - 100 ml in the morning, afternoon and at night.

4. Elderly people should not get carried away with cough medicines, they can adversely affect various systemic organs. Therefore, traditional healers advise using such an effective recipe: take honey - 100 grams, goat fat - 100 grams, cocoa - 150 grams, a little butter, yellow - 10 pieces. Mix everything thoroughly, boil. Then heat a glass of milk and add a teaspoon of the drug. It has been proven that the cough subsides quickly.

Methods for the treatment of paroxysmal cough in adults

This type of cough is observed in acute respiratory viral infection, whooping cough. Herbal infusions based on coltsfoot, chamomile will help alleviate the patient's condition. With the help of them, you can remove sputum that has accumulated in the respiratory tract, relieve swelling from the lungs. If you regularly use a decoction prepared on the basis of wild rosemary, you can get rid of attacks, this is one of the best soothing cough remedies. To stop a coughing fit, you need to stretch a little forward, then drink tea with chamomile and honey.

Nutrition for an adult with a strong cough and fever

Oatmeal liquid milk porridge, mashed potatoes will help alleviate the symptoms, you need to add a little milk to it. Also include grated radish in your diet, put a little sour cream and vegetable oil in it.

The best expectorant and emollient is grapes, with the help of which you can heal the lungs and forget what a cough is. It is recommended to heat 200 ml of grape juice, put a teaspoon of honey in it, so you can quickly calm the cough.

It is advised to replace coffee with a barley drink, put a little chicory and milk in it. Honey with the addition of lemon relieves cough, it must first be ground, the peel is especially useful. It is forbidden to use sweet, salty, sour and spicy foods with a strong cough - these products are irritants to the mucous membrane and can aggravate the disease.

Some doctors advise with a strong cough, which is provoked by a cold, to stick to a starvation diet for the first days. You can’t do this, because the body will weaken even more and the person will feel bad.

So, a strong cough with a high fever in an adult is a serious symptom that needs to be eliminated as soon as possible.

Everyone has had a viral infection in their life. Dry cough and fever are the first signs of an infectious disease, usually of a viral nature. But if fever is present, then bacterial pathogens are the cause of respiratory spasms.

Why do these symptoms appear?

At the first stages of development, all diseases that affect the respiratory system are manifested by a dry cough. This is a natural response of the immune system to clear the airways of pathogens. Therefore, if the cough is not too debilitating, it is undesirable to suppress it. The use of antitussive drugs is justified only if this symptom leads to sleep disturbance or other complications.

Frequent and dry coughing can be a symptom of a cold, sinusitis, or laryngitis. If the cause is a sore throat, coughing fits occur around the clock. In this regard, insomnia occurs and overall well-being worsens significantly. A hallmark of laryngitis is a sore throat, a change in voice to hoarse or rough. In some cases, the voice is temporarily lost. In such a situation, the temperature does not appear due to the virus, but due to a debilitating cough. However, she is always subfebrile and does not reach high levels.

Sinusitis is also accompanied by a cough without phlegm that occurs when lying down when mucus from the nasal passages gets into the throat. But while the patient is in an upright position during the day, this symptom may be completely absent.

In addition, the patient may complain of such ailments as:

• • nasal congestion;
  • prolonged runny nose (yellow or green mucus);
  • impaired sense of smell;
  • swelling of the face;
  • pain in the maxillary sinuses;
  • general weakness.

If the temperature exceeds 38 degrees, most likely the cause of the cough is bronchitis or pneumonia. In such a situation, an unproductive cough is quickly replaced by a wet one.