In Most Cases, A Cough Caused By Viruses, And Antibiotics To Treat It Impractical

In Most Cases, A Cough Caused By Viruses, And Antibiotics To Treat It Impractical.
You've been hacking and coughing for a week now - isn't it spell that the cough was through? Sadly, the rebutter is often "no," and experts gunfire that many citizenry have a mistaken idea of how long an acute cough should last. This misconception can lead to the disposable (and, for public safety, dangerous) overuse of antibiotics, a new study finds. "No one wants or likes a persistent cough.

Patients simply want to get rid of it," said Dr Robert Graham, an internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "After strenuous over-the-counter regimens for about a week, they descend upon their doctors with the hopes of obtaining a prescription antibiotic for a self-limited ready that is usually caused by viruses," which do not respond to antibiotics who was not involved in the new study.

So how sustained does the average acute cough really last? The team of researchers from the University of Georgia, in Athens, reviewed medical brochures and found that the average duration of an acute cough is nearly three weeks (17,8 days). They then surveyed nearly 500 adults and found that they reported that their cough lasted an ordinary of seven to nine days. And if a philosophical believes an acute cough should last about a week, they are more liable to ask their doctor for antibiotics after five to six days of having a cough, the researchers noted.