Chronic cough is the primary symptom of two other conditions, although these can be more challenging to diagnose: cough-variant asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis. Both conditions inflame the airways.

Chronic bronchitis was assessed retrospectively from the patients' records by means of the clinical definition proposed by a Ciba symposium 17 — namely, productive cough, occurring on most days ...

There can be a range of reasons for a persistent cough. But most chronic coughs are caused by three conditions.

Obviously, the prevention There is a pillar in the fight against pathology. The main risk factor remains the smoke but it is ...

Treatable traits in cough Smoking Smoking cessation improves cough by resolving chronic bronchitis. 80 Nicotine withdrawal due to smoking cessation may enhancement cough hypersensitivity, 81 hence ...

Acute bronchitis, the infectious form of which affects most people with the disease, is only very rarely fatal. Chronic bronchitis, however, can slowly destroy lung function and may become life ...

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

Timothy E Albertson; Andrew L Chan Disclosures Expert Rev Resp Med. 2009;3 (5):539-548.

Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine Short-course Fluoroquinolones in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis Mark H Gotfried; Ronald F Grossman Disclosures Expert Rev Resp Med. 2010;4 (5):661 ...

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5219 In a new discovery, chronic pain has been shown to be physiologically different from acute pain and now scientists have the roadmap for how to target it.