Cough

• Cough questions:

  • Do you have a cough at the moment?
  • Do you bring up phlegm when you cough or is it a dry cough? (productive / unproductive)
  • Do you usually have a cough?
  • When do you cough?
  • What eases the cough?
  • Do you cough when you eat/drink? (possible aspiration)
  • Productive cough – is it easy/difficult to cough up the phlegm? (cough effectiveness)