Is ice cream good if you have a cough?
The answer is:
The oropharynx is common to both the respiratory & the digestive s-ystem. When you eat ice cream, it gets into your digestive s-ystem. I know of a doctor who wants to take in something cold because it relieves her of throat irritation when she has cough. Actually, eating ice cream does no harm because the two s-ystems are distinct. Only that they share the oropharynx as a common conduit to the esophagus for the digestive s-ystem, to the trachea for the respiratory s-ystem. If it relieves you of irritant throat, then you can go ahead eat something cold. If it does cause discomfort, then you better stick to warm chicken broth. It does not se-ttle the cough down nor will it make it worse. It just relieves the discomfort sometimes but because of the cold it tends to swell your nasal mucosa & may cause a clogged nose.
The oropharynx is common to both the respiratory & the digestive s-ystem. When you eat ice cream, it gets into your digestive s-ystem. I know of a doctor who wants to take in something cold because it relieves her of throat irritation when she has cough. Actually, eating ice cream does no harm because the two s-ystems are distinct. Only that they share the oropharynx as a common conduit to the esophagus for the digestive s-ystem, to the trachea for the respiratory s-ystem. If it relieves you of irritant throat, then you can go ahead eat something cold. If it does cause discomfort, then you better stick to warm chicken broth. It does not se-ttle the cough down nor will it make it worse. It just relieves the discomfort sometimes but because of the cold it tends to swell your nasal mucosa & may cause a clogged nose.
