COUGH

ADILAH : PHYSIOTHERAPIST
LUNGS ANATOMY
 WHAT IS COUGH ?
• A cough is a reflex action to clear your
airways of mucus and irritants such as
dust or smoke. It's rarely a sign of anything
serious.
• A "dry cough" means it's tickly and doesn't
produce any phlegm (thick mucus).
• A "chesty cough" means phlegm is
produced to help clear your airways.
 WHAT CAUSES COUGH
Causes of acute (short-term) cough

1. In most cases, the infection is in the upper respiratory tract and affects the
throat, this is known as a URTI or URI (upper respiratory tract infection).
Examples include:
• flu
• common cold
• Laryngitis

2. If it is an LRTI (lower respiratory tract infection), the lungs are infected,

and/or the airways lower down from the windpipe. Examples include:
• bronchitis
• Pneumonia

3. An acute cough can also be caused by hay fever.

 WHAT CAUSES COUGH
Causes of chronic (long-term) cough

1. A chronic cough may be caused by:

• smoking
• mucus dripping down the throat from the back of the nose (post nasal drip)
• GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease)
• Asthma

2. Chronic coughs in children are most often caused by asthma, but can also
be from conditions like post-nasal drip or GERD.

3. Less common causes of chronic cough in adults include TB (tuberculosis),

fungal infections of the lung, and lung cancer.
BRONCHITIS
PNEUMONIA
LUNGS LOBE
HOW TO CLEAR PLHEGM BY
COMBINING YLEO AND
PHYSIOTHERAPY
TECHNIQUE ?
 WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
1. DRY COUGH :
• Adult :
- 2-3times/day : taking orally or make a tea mixture : EO Thieves + EO
Lemon + EO Peppermint + Honey
- Layering on chest : EO Lemon + EO Peppermint + EOEucalyptus
Globulus
- Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
- Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
 WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
• Children :
- Layering on chest : EO Lemon + EOEucalyptus Radiata
- Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
- Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
 WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
2. CHESTY COUGH :
• Adult :
- 2-3times/day : taking orally or make a tea mixture : EO Lemon +
EO Thieves + EO Peppermint + Honey
- Layering on chest : EO RC + EO Dorado Azul / EO Breath Again
- Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
- Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO
Thieves
 WHAT EO AND WHEN ?
• Children :
- Layering on chest : EO RC + EO Lemon + EOEucalyptus Radiata
- Bottom of feet : EO Thieves / EO Oregano
- Diffuse : EO Purification / EO Lemongrass alternate with EO Thieves
 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
• Active Cycle Breathing Technique (ACBT)
 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
• Chest percussion
 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
• Postural Drainage : Adult
 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
• Postural Drainage : Children
 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
• Tracheal Stimulation
- Tracheal tickle, may be used with infants or disoriented patients.
- This is somewhat uncomfortable maneuver, performed to elicit a reflexive
cough.
- The therapist places two fingers at the sternal, notch and applies a circular
motion with pressure downward into the trachea to facilitate a reflexive
cough.