Hard Cough

I have had this cough for a few days. I cough and nasty stuff comes up when I cough.
I have been taking cough medicine but it hasn’t really been working!
So, if any of you know anything to make it better please tell me!
Thank you in advance!
I’ve been coughing so hard that my left side has started hurting!

Most coughs will eventually just go away on their own after a time. Cough medicines are known to be pretty useless! The best thing if it’s annoying you at night is to fill a bowl with boiling water, and then to get a big towel and put your head over the bowl with the towel over your head so that you breathe in the steam. You can add Olbas Oil to the water if you want to, but it’s not necessary. Obviously you have to be careful that you don’t burn yourself, but it’s a FANTASTIC way of calming a cough and helping you get to sleep (as well as clearing your sinuses if you’re bunged up).
If the cough is really bad you might need antibiotics, but you should know yourself whether it’s horrible but going to get better, or whether it’s really bad and needs a bit of help to improve.
Good luck!

What leads a person to cause own coughing when intereage with another person, may be provocation?
How can we see if it is?

Shyness and nerves.