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  2. Chronic cough - Wikipedia

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    [1] [8] Chronic cough is a common symptom in several different respiratory diseases like COPD or pulmonary fibrosis [9] but in non-smokers with a normal chest x-ray chronic cough are often associated with asthma, rhinosinusitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease or could be idiopathic.

  3. Telltale Signs You Need to See a Doctor for Your Cough - AOL

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    But a chronic cough is a cough that usually lasts longer than eight weeks, Dr. Banerjee says. ... But a non-productive cough is more dry, says John M. Coleman III, M.D., a pulmonary and critical ...

  4. Habit cough - Wikipedia

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    A habit cough is a chronic cough that has no underlying organic cause or medical diagnosis, [1] [2] and does not respond to conventional medical treatment. [3] This is sometimes called tic cough, somatic cough syndrome and previously psychogenic cough, but without clinical justification.

  5. Bronchitis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of acute bronchitis typically involves rest, paracetamol (acetaminophen), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to help with the fever. [7] [8] Chronic bronchitis is defined as a productive cough – one that produces sputum – that lasts for three months or more per year for at least two years.

  6. Cough - Wikipedia

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    A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually ...

  7. Acute bronchitis - Wikipedia

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    [5] [10] Treatment of acute bronchitis typically involves rest, paracetamol (acetaminophen), and NSAIDs to help with the fever. [3] [6] Cough medicine has little support for its use and is not recommended in children less than six years of age. [1] [11] Antibiotics should generally not be used. [12] An exception is when acute bronchitis is due ...

  8. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    For people who do not respond to treatment, sputum culture should be considered, and culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis should be carried out in persons with a chronic productive cough. [68] Microbiological evaluation is also indicated in severe pneumonia, alcoholism, asplenia , immunosuppression, HIV infection, and those being empirically ...

  9. Bronchiectasis - Wikipedia

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    Productive cough, shortness of breath, chest pain [2] [3] Usual onset: Gradual [4] Duration: Long term [5] Causes: Infections, cystic fibrosis, other genetic conditions, idiopathic [3] [6] Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, CT scan [7] Differential diagnosis: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Asbestosis, Tracheobronchomalacia: Treatment