Bronchodilators,such asalbuterolandipratropiumor inhaled corticosteroids, can be effective for cough after URI and in cough-variant asthma. Treatment reference 1.Morice AH, Millqvist E, Bieksiene K, et al: ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and chil...
asthma based on the symptom of cough alone [118]. In a prospective community study with a mean follow-up period of 3 years, 56% of children with recurrent cough aged 4–7 years later became asymptomatic; 37% reported continuing cough and 7.2% developed wheeze [49]. The proportion of chil...
117] but others have not [43,86]. In a prospective review of 81 children with chronic cough, none had asthma on final diagnosis [43]. In a retrospective review of 49 children with chronic cough, none of the children had asthma as the sole final...
You might have heard variations of: "refractory chronic cough," (RCC) "GERD cough," "long-Covid cough," "post-influenza cough," "cough variant asthma," (CVA) "post-nasal drip cough," (PND) "upper airway cough hypersensitivity," (UACH) "idiopathic chronic cough," (ICC) or any ...
33 Since BM fungi are rarely detected in the culture of pharyngeal swabs taken from non-coughers,34 and the positive ratio of the immediate subcutaneous reaction for BM fungi in allergic airway diseases such as atopic cough (AC), cough-variant asthma (CVA), and cough-predominant asthma was ...
The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) acute cough caused by allergic cough and cough variant asthma; (2) suffer from long-term diseases affecting quality of life, such as chronic lung diseases, immune disorders, cerebral palsy or severe neurodevelopmental abnormalities, congenital heart ...
Cough is a defining symptom of asthma and as such is key in the diagnosis and management of the disease [110]. There is also a subtype of asthma known as cough variant asthma (CVA) where cough is the defining symptom of the disease [111]. Cough as a symptom is more common in ...
Although often normal in asthma, spirometry may also pick up other diagnoses and is recommended by cough guidelines.4 There is only limited evidence for the effectiveness of bronchodilators in cough-variant asthma,13 yet this medication was tried by referring GPs in 53%. Because of frequent ...
More than 80% of cough occurs during awake time [16], while some patients like cough variant asthma may also suffer from nocturnal cough. One direct effect of nocturnal cough was sleep disturbance. Moreover, cough intensity was also an important determinant of cough severity in some patients [...
Other diseases associated with chronic cough include nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis, also known as cough-variant asthma. All patients with subacute or chronic cough should be referred to their primary care provider, specialist, or urgent care, as appropriate, since chronic illnesses are frequently...