We sat down with Dr. D to talk about the most common reason for visits to the doctor this time of year: a wicked cough.

我们坐下来和D博士谈论医生每年的这个时候访问最常见的原因：一个邪恶的咳嗽。

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I talked to a patient there in her early 30s. She had been a worker at a TB hospital when she came down with a cough.

我同一位30多岁的病人做了交谈，并了解到她曾肺结核医院的一名职工，因为咳嗽而病倒。

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She's come down with a headache and a bad cough so she can't go out with me tonight.

她头很疼，又咳嗽得厉害，所以今晚不能和我一起出去了。

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He had a dry cough, which I put down to all the smoke in the control car.

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This is what millions of mothers say to their small children for them to down that spoon full of cough syrup.

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Common symptoms include vocal fatigue, throat discomfort associated with speaking, hoarseness, as well as a chronic cough due to aspiration (food or liquids going down the trachea or windpipe).

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