A 32-year-old male that had previously been healthy presented to our clinic with fatigue, blurred vision, non-productive cough, and sore throat that began 10 d earlier.
What does NPC stand for?
NPC stands for Non-Productive Cough
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Samples in periodicals archive:
Clinicians and patients commonly believe that yellow and green phlegm production is associated with a bacterial infection, which is more likely to benefit from antibiotic treatment compared to non-productive cough or cough that produces clear phlegm.
It has a very specific presentation a hacking, non-productive cough and headache that is worsened by the coughing.
Dry, tickly coughs - which do not produce phlegm - are known as non-productive coughs.
c)Miriam Stoppard TREATING A TROUBLESOME COUGH THERE are two types of cough: a productive cough in which phlegm is produced, and a non-productive cough, in which there is no phlegm.
A non-productive cough will normally settle on its own, but if you want to try a cough medicine go for a suppressant (see Cough Medicine, right).