• Question: What makes us cough?

    Asked by Ayayai to Hayley, Jimi on 18 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 18 Mar 2016:

      Lots and lots of different things. If we breathe in a bit too quick, if we are ill, if we have something irritating our throats and our airways we cough to try and get it out. It is usually because our airway is irritated and we are trying to get rid of whatever it is irritating it.

    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 18 Mar 2016:

      A feeling of stuff in the throat is what make you cough… but this can also be voluntary or reflex.

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