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    • When to See a Doctor for a Cough

    The odds are high you’ve had a cough before in your life, but each time can throw you for a loop. Even though you’ve been through this, it can be hard to know when to see a doctor for a cough and when to just continue to wait and see what happens next.

    For the record: It’s common for coughs to last for a while—even for months, according to Fady Youssef, M.D., a board-certified pulmonologist, internist and critical care specialist at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, CA.

    That doesn’t mean you should steer clear of the doctor if your cough is dragging on that long, but it does mean you could be dealing with an annoying cough for a while, even if you don’t have a serious infection.

    Meet the experts: Eric Ascher, D.O., family medicine physician at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital; Fady Youssef, M.D., a board-certified pulmonologist, internist and critical care specialist at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, CA; Audreesh Banerjee, M.D., director of the Asthma Program at the University of Pennsylvania Dep

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