Good Riddance: The Irritation of a Never-Ending Cough

On lost sleep, gym sabotage, and our May Zoom gathering.

May 10, 2025

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Amber holds up a yellow inhaler which is in the foreground of the image. In the background, Amber is out of focus, but you can see she is doing a "thumbs down" gesture.

We’ve all had one: A never-ending cough that comes on after a virus overstays its welcome by weeks, sometimes even months. It’s the kind of cough that no over-the-counter medicine or Breathe Easy tea or cough drop can fix, and it can really take its toll on your body, sometimes even more than whatever illness brought it on in the first place.

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