How to check I have dry cough

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How to check I have dry cough? I am feeling heavy in throat and chest and burp comes some times. ?

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Dr. Shivam Sharma

General Physician 13 yrs exp Gurgaon

If there is flem or sputum in cough it is a wet cough and if no sputum or flem than it is dry cough. If less amount of white coloured sputum once in five times also considered as dry cough

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Dr. Lakshmi P V Emergency Medicine 21 yrs exp Bangalore Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Lakshmi P V

Emergency Medicine 21 yrs exp Bangalore

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Whenever you are coughing, if you are not bringing out any sputum.....then we can call it as dry cough..... Heaviness in your chest and burps......could be symptoms of Acid peptic disease or GERD

Next Steps

you can take syp. Mucain gel 10ml three times a day.....15mins before meals

Health Tips

if the chest tightness continues ....better to get it evaluated further...