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Is there any benefits of cold and cough to human body or not?
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Yes: Coughing is necessary to clear secretions and infectious stuff from the lungs. It basically helps keep the lungs clean.
Answered 1/30/2017
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Benefit?: Not sure what you are exactly asking. You cough to help the body get rid of something or as a response to an irritant. Fever is to help the body fight infection. Not clearly a benefit but just what happens.
Answered 1/30/2017
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