Why do smokers cough so much?
Have you ever wondered why you cough? When you take a deep breath there are times when your throat will involuntarily shut itself off from air intake. That brief hesitation causes the muscles in your chest and lung to constrict. The resulting action is to cough. Your body performs this service because it is convinced there is a reason for you to cough. This could be due to an illness such as a cold or flu or it could be the sign of foreign matter in your lungs, trachea or bronchial tubes. Your body was designed to keep your air passages as clear as possible. Coughing is a direct response to that inner directive. If you should find yourself in the hospital you will often be given a small handheld devise you will be asked to breathe into. These devices were created to induce coughing. Your health care professional realizes that when you stay in bed long enough phlegm can build up in your body, but isn’t eliminated because you are not in a position to exert any pressure on yourself so you
