Huff coughing, or huffing, is a breathing technique that helps move mucus out of the lungs. It can clear the lungs and help prevent infection in people with conditions such as chronic obstructive ...

Mechanical stimulation, including finger pressure on discrete areas of the chest wall and neck, triggered reproducible coughing in about 50% of patients with chronic cough, indicating that chronic ...

Coughing is a reflex that typically serves as a defense mechanism to clear the airways of irritants or secretions. (Fun fact: Coughs can propel air and particles out of the lungs and throat at speeds ...

Coughing is a natural defense mechanism that enables secretions produced in the bronchial tract and tree to be cleared to eliminate any inhaled foreign particles that may be physical or biochemical.