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My mom used to cough whole day and it is there very long time might be 5 years back. Only in winter or sometime she used to cough a lot. It's a dry cough. Even night she is not able to sleep because of this dry cough. Please advise.
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Take a Xray chest it will help better
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Chronic dry coughs are usually caused by irritation from cigarette smoke, environmental irritants, allergies, postnasal drip, or asthma. Several chronic lung diseases also cause a dry, hacking cough. So get her allergy in vitro test as allergy is most common cause of dry cough in women.
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