Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories A cough can be annoying even if it only lasts a few days.
So imagine having one for 30 years. That's exactly the 'unhappy situation' a pensioner from Stockport has found herself in. Joan Naughton, 70, suffers from a condition known as chronic cough and has been been plagued by it for the last three decades. READ MORE: Man 'evicted' from Manchester Pride protest after crowds turn on him over 'hateful' shirt The cough developed after she caught a cold while watching a Manchester City in Belgium.
But even after the cold went away the cough refused to budge. Over the years she's tried everything from tablets to herbal drinks, but so far nothing has worked.
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