We’ve all been there, where we forget what we were doing to focus on the sneeze which is on its way out! Coughing and sneezing are very natural mechanisms to get the irritant out of our respiratory system. In fact, our dear pets too face the coughing sneezing dilemma! The occasional cough in an otherwise healthy dog is usually nothing serious. But just like us, when a dog’s coughing becomes a constant or recurrent problem it can be a sign of serious illness.
But what exactly happens during coughing? What is happening? Why is my pet coughing? If you have such questions, read more below about Coughing:
WHAT IS COUGHING?
A cough, also medically termed as ‘tussis’, is a voluntary or involuntary act that clears the throat and respiratory or the breathing passage of foreign agents such as microbes, pollutants, irritants, fluids, and mucus.
It is a rapid expulsion of air from the lungs, as a reflex action or deliberate action.
WHY IS MY PET COUGHING?
There are many reasons for the coughing mechanism
Let’s classify them for the sake of easy understanding broadly into –
Extra- Respiratory Causes and
Respiratory Causes
Let’s begin by discovering the extrarespiratory causes
EXTRA RESPIRATORY CAUSES OF COUGH
Extra Respiratory essentially means the causes lie apart from the respiratory system. That is, the cause of coughing is not the lungs but something apart from the respiratory system is causing coughing.
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