Neeraj PriyadarshiA sore throat, itchy eyes and a smoker’s cough — the smog has residents of Delhi gasping for every breath. “In 85 per cent cases, based on their X-ray reports, patients did not show symptoms of chronic respiratory ailments. He pointed out that smoker’s cough — a chronic cough that presents itself only in those who smoke — has been noticed among non-smokers as well over the past week. “A 16-year-old student had come to me with chronic cough. When we carried out a lung function test on him, we found that the chronic cough was due to the rise in pollution levels.

Source: Indian Express November 09, 2017 21:46 UTC