Methods A retrospective cohort was constructed of adults who had newly visited a specialist cough clinic in 2012–2013. All had undergone systematic investigation for chronic cough. The Hull Airway Reflux Questionnaire (HARQ) was administered to assess reflux cough symptoms. A follow-up survey was ...
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Overview Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Care What is a chronic cough?A chronic cough is a cough that lasts more than 4 weeks in children or 8 weeks in adults.What causes a chronic cough?Smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke Allergies Acid reflux Lung conditions such as asthma, COPD, ...
Also called a chest cold, this type is more common. Symptoms last a few weeks, but it doesn’t usually cause problems beyond that time. Chronic bronchitis This one is more serious. It keeps coming back or doesn’t go away and causes ongoing irritation or inflammation of the bronchial tube...
It is predominantly a disease of young adults, with an average age of onset of 20 years; symptoms tend to decrease with age, but older adults can continue to have severe symptoms. It typically presents as bilateral redness of the tarsal conjunctiva with papillae, mucoserous discharge, and ...
Cough is currently the most common reason for patients to visit a primary care physician in the UK, yet it remains an unmet medical need. Current therapies
Chronic stress (CS) is associated with a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, and it may also contribute to or exacerbate motor function. However, the mechanisms by which stress triggers motor symptoms are not fully understood. Here, we report that CS f
While earlier studies focused on brain structural-anatomical singularities and electrophysiology experiments in transgenic animals with alterations in causal genes (van den Maagdenberg et al., 2004), more recent models have endeavored to find a behavioral proxy for migraine symptoms in mice (Langford ...
In adults, long-term effects of chronic stress are more subtle, but remain physiologically relevant. For example, chronic social stress causes persistent increases in body adiposity, a consequence with implications for long-term health. Moreover, chronic unpredictable stress produces a late-emerging, ...