A cough will usually go away on its own within three weeks and there’s usually no need to see a GP.
The best way to treat a cough, according to the NHS is rest, to drink plenty of fluids and to drink hot lemon with honey.
While a cough might not seem serious it can impact on your day-to-day life.
Your pharmacist can suggest treatment to help you cough less, like cough syrups and lozenges.
Offering its own recommendations, Covonia has advised on what syrups are best to treat different types of coughs.
Research by the brand discovered that 58 per cent of sufferers prefer to take their medicine hot and 62 per cent buy cough medicine to help them get a better night’s sleep.
This has led to the development of their latest product – Covonia Hot Dose Cough & Cold Syrup.
When diluted with jut 15ml of hot water, the syrup’s unique formula creates a 30ml “shot” of powerful flavoured remedy to be sipped at bed-time.
For a dry and tickly cough
Covina dry and tickly cough is a formulation containing Glycerol, which coats the throat and acts s a demulcent to soothe the passage of the upper respiratory tract.
Unlike other cough treatments, Covonia Dry and Tickly Cough Linctus can be taken as regularly as needed, so you don’t have to wait another two to four hours for the next dose (up to a maximum of four times a day).
For a chesty cough
Covonia Chesty Cough Mixture Mentholated is a non-drowsy formulation containing liquorice and squill which act as expectorants, hoping to relive the symptoms of a chesty cough, ad method to help relieve congestion.
So what ways do doctors recommend to treat a dry, chesty and mucus cough?
Chesty cough
Dr Andrew Thornber, chief medical officer at the Now Healthcare Group, has recommended the best way to cure this type of cough – and it involves hot water and one other ingredient.
He said: “Hot water and honey is usually as good a remedy as most over the counter cough medicines.”
Mucus cough
“A good tip is to drink lots of water to loosen the mucus, which makes it easier to cough up.
“Also, use a humidifier or inhale steam from a bowl to help clear the chest.
“Painkillers can also bring down a fever and ease any associated headaches.”
And what about a dry cough?