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Is there any truth to the south east asian belief that coughing is worsened by cold beverages? are there any links to studies on the subject?
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Not aware of any: The temperature of any thing that you put in your mouth,either hot or cold, will very quickly equilibrate to your stomach temperature of 98.6 F or 37.0 C. How that can effect your cough or not is beyond my ken.
Answered 6/9/2016
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