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.
Short Or Long Term Cough. The duration of the cough is not always a reliable indicator of the seriousness of the cause. But long term persistent coughing (chronic cough) is usually more serious. There are many causes of an acute cough (a short term cough) that is a result of common and often not serious diseases.