Showing posts with label Tips to Help Speakers Deal with a Persistent Cough or Voice Loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips to Help Speakers Deal with a Persistent Cough or Voice Loss. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2022

Tips to Help Speakers Deal with a Persistent Cough or Voice Loss


by Yvonne Ortega @YvonneOrtega1

After a return home from a trip out of state, I woke up the next day with a cough and slight fever. My doctor insisted a trip to the ER for COVID and influenza testing plus blood tests, a chest X-ray, and an EKG were in order.

Nothing showed up except a cough, slight fever and elevated blood pressure attributed to the tension of riding in an ambulance. Therefore, the doctor prescribed only an OTC cough medicine.