Among those campaigning to keep kratom legal are scientists such as Andrew Kruegel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University.
Even these symptoms donât necessarily mean the cough is serious. Iâm seeing plenty of people this year with fevers and coughs lasting two and even three weeks or more who still turn out to have simple viral infections. But these are symptoms that are worth a call or even a trip to your doctorâs office.
Coughing drives fast-moving air from the lungs, which causes your airways to vibrate. This vibration loosens the mucus thatâs stuck to the mucus membranes in your airways. Coughing propels this mucus upwards and out of your airway.