Whooping cough (pertussis) is caused by theBordetella pertussisbacterium. Uncontrollable, violent coughing that can make it difficult to breathe is characteristic of this lung infection. The whooping sound comes from an ill person sucking in air after a coughing fit. Anyone, including adults, can g...
Compared with subjects without the relevant respiratory history, the rate of decline was not significantly associated with pneumonia (mean difference, 0.2; 95% confidence interval, 6.1 to +5.8ml/yr), whooping cough (0.7, 5.1 to +6.5ml/yr), wheeze by age 7yr (0.4, 5 to +5.9ml/yr), or...
"The main way to manage photic sneezing is to wear sunglasses when you go out. Antihistamines that typically affect allergies do not affect this reflex" Another potential way to prevent photic sneezing "is by applying pressure to philtrum, the groove under the middle of your nose, with your ...
GERD affects many Americans, and chronic cough is estimated to affect 11 percent of the US population. However, it's difficult to determine the actual percentage of chronic cough that GERD is causing. Other issues can cause a chronic cough. These includeasthma, nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis...
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