Coughing issues

A common cough can have many causes including allergy, lung problems, e.g asthma, post nasal drip, habit, and reflux, which means that the symptom could be addressed by different medical specialists. More sinister causes include lung cancer, whooping cough, and chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD), and side effects of anti-hypertensive medications, called ACE inhibitors, can also provoke chronic cough. Chronic cough is defined as a cough that lasts longer than 8 weeks and does not convey any benefit to the sufferer. Long term coughing can result in psychosocial problems with the sufferer in their relationships, jobs and activities, it can also cause sleeping disorders, urinary incontinence, musculoskeletal problems and anxiety regarding the origin of the cough. Adequate diagnosis by a physician can lead to cure in 90% of cases.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by LAtimes.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Allergy
• Lung problems
• Asthma
• Post nasal drip
• Reflux
• Lung cancer
• Whooping cough
• Chronic obstructive airway disease
• COAD
• Sleeping disorders
• Musculoskeletal problems (see Muscle symptoms)

Related Symptom Topics:

• Cough
• Chronic cough
• Anxiety
• Urinary incontinence

Article Source Details

About: Coughing issues

Date: 26 December 2005

Source: LAtimes.com

Author: Shari Roan

URL: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-cough26dec26,1,3182648.story?coll=la-headlines-health&ctrack=1&cset=true

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of cough
• Cause of chronic cough
• Cause of anxiety
• Cause of lung symptoms
• Cause of urinary incontinence
• Cause of sleeping disorders
• Cause of musculoskeletal problems
• Cause of broken ribs
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and cough
• Diagnosis and chronic cough
• Diagnosis and anxiety
• Diagnosis and urinary incontinence
• Diagnosis and allergy
• Diagnosis and lung problems
• Diagnosis and asthma
• Diagnosis and post nasal drip
• Diagnosis and reflux
• Diagnosis and lung cancer
• Diagnosis and whooping cough
• Diagnosis and chronic obstructive airway disease
• Diagnosis and COAD
• Diagnosis and sleeping disorders
• Diagnosis and musculoskeletal problems
• Side effects
• Side effects and ACE inhibitors
• Side effects and anti-hypertensives
• Side effects and cough
• Side effects and chronic cough
• Medication
• Medication and anti-hypertensive drugs
• Medication and ACE inhibitors

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