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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a severe cough" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the intensity or seriousness of a cough, often in a medical or health-related context.
Example: "After catching a cold, she developed a severe cough that kept her awake at night."
Alternatives: "a persistent cough" or "a harsh cough."
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Symptoms of DPB include chronic sinusitis (inflamed paranasal sinuses), wheezing, crackles (respiratory sounds made by obstructions such as phlegm and secretions in the lungs), dyspnea (shortness of breath), and a severe cough that yields large amounts of sputum (coughed-up phlegm).
After that, he had a severe cough and could not keep food down.
Symptoms are difficult or laboured breathing, a severe cough, and violent gastrointestinal disturbance.
The 88-year-old has been in and out of Methodist Hospital since early November, battling a severe cough.
In April, University Health Services (UHS) confirmed 12 cases of the illness, which begins like a cold and develops into a severe cough.
Zeitlinger had developed a severe cough, and he took a swig of an opium-infused Thai elixir, ominously labelled "BROWN MIXTURE".
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When Joel was 2, he had a severe coughing fit that necessitated a two-day hospital stay.
At the performance I attended, there was a severe coughing epidemic that might signal a public-health crisis were it not for the fact that the symptom was absent at the other plays I've seen this week.
A lower score reflects a more severe cough.
We hypothesize that the minor allele of the MUCB promoter polymorphism (rs35705950), associated with increased mucin production, correlates with a clinical phenotype of IPF characterized by a more severe cough.
A 17-year old female with no previous medical history was admitted to the emergency room of a general hospital due to a deterioration of her general condition, with fever, dyspnea and a paroxysmal severe cough.
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