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Summary Of: Cough

A cough can be dry or productive... Since cough is a natural protective reflex... suppressing the cough reflex might have deleterious effects... A cough is a protective... The cough reflex is initiated by stimulation of two different classes of... Cough can be a sign of respiratory tract infections such as... Cough can also worsen in an... Atopic cough occurs in individuals with a... hacking cough which often results in the expiration of... for example if the cough started suddenly when the patient was eating... A cough can be triggered by dryness from... Cough may also be caused by conditions affecting the lung tissue such as... Cardiovascular diseases associated with cough are heart failure... Cough may also be psychogenic... is widely used to determine the cough threshold and as a tussive stimulant in clinical research of cough suppressants... reduce the urge to cough by inhibiting the response of the sensory endings by... Sometimes a cough can be found to have no apparent physical or medical cause... and psychological problems are likely causes and the cough is often called a... Psychogenic cough is thought to be more common in children than in adults... psychogenic cough develops in a child who has a chronically ill brother or sister... and psychogenic cough in adult and pediatric populations... and Psychogenic Cough in Adult and Pediatric Populations...

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