When to see the doctors when you cough

There are common to us that when we cough, we seek for self medication such as traditional herbs, buy some sweet from the nearest convenient store, or even mentos(?), so there is the question, when to see the doctor when you are cough? we often cure it too fast or too slow, some people which is too fast will just request for antibiotics when they are cough, if these medication are not taken the right way (the cause of cough might not be bacterial) it may cause the other bacterial to grow stronger and then contribute to more powerful, harder to kill other bacteria which might infect our body.

On the other hand, some adults with cough might just think that the cough will subside itself, and giving excuses such as busy, no time etc, and dragging the disease despite of the condition mentioned above, as the time goes on, the disease will be worsening, if there are bacterial infections, the germs will get stronger and the disease will be harder to cure.

Here are few additional tips for cough:
– drink at least 8-10 glasses of water regularly
– hot steamy shower will help break down the phlegm and make it easier to cough up
– avoid alcohol or caffeine as there may cause fluid loss
– have plenty of bed rest
– stay away from cold, dry environment

Finally, the info-graphic above is just my little suggestions, it have nothing to do with any guidelines or any treatment approach. However efforts had been made on finding relevant references to justify it 🙂