Question 1

what could cause my chronic cough?

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Possibilities...: The most common causes of a chronic cough include bronchospasm from any etiology, post-nasal drip, gerd or a combination of factors. All of these have different treatments so see your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

Question 2

what is the condition that leads to having a chronic cough?

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Many possibilities..: Etiologies of chronic cough include bronchospasm from any cause, gerd, sinus problems or even a combination of factors. These etiologies all have different treatments so you need to see your doctor so your cough can be diagnosed and then treated. If you smoke, smoking cessation is needed and your doctor can help with this as well!

Question 3

how to get over a chronic cough?

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Treatment...: First, the cause of the chronic cough needs to be identified. Common causes of chronic cough include bronchospasm from any cause, gerd, post-nasal drip or a combination of factors. Each of these diagnoses have different treatments. So, see your doctor so your cough can be diagnosed and then the proper treatment can be rendered.

Question 4

what to do if kids chronic cough mainly 3yr old?

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Screening: Chronic cough affecting a three year old may be caused by many conditions. Among these are asthma, sinusitis/bronchitis or pneumonia, TB, Cystic Fibrosis, reflux and aspiration. If your child has had a number of infections affecting different areas of the lung, ears, sinuses, skin, GI tracts, then an immune workup is indicated. Your doctor will guide the lab work up and the next step

Question 5

what can cause a chronic cough, other than reflux?

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Sinusitis: Ge reflux is certainly a common cause and oftern empirically treated for a patient with a chronic cough.  I find that chronic rhinitis or sinusitis is probably more common and often need to be treated as well.   Medications such as ace inhibitors for BP need to be stopped.  There is always the possibility of underlying ashtma as well.  Ohter primary lung problems are discovered with appropriate xr.

Question 6

how can an x-ray be useful to diagnose a chronic cough?

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Chest x-ray: A chest x-ray could identify the following causes of chronic cough. 
1. Foreign body in the lungs or esophagus
2. Tumor in the lungs
3. Heart failure with pulmonary edema (fluid in lungs)
4. Large lymph nodes in mediastinum pressing on the airway
5. Over-expanded lungs seen in asthma
6. Pneumonia
i'm sure there is more, this is a start...

Question 7

what could be a cause of chronic cough in an 8 year old?

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See below: Asthma, cystic fibrosis, allergy, bronchiectasis, ciliary dysfunction are some of the possibilities.  Please see your doctor to determine the cause and treatment so that suffering and further damage may be curtailed.

Question 8

help plz! can purging cause the person to develop a chronic cough?

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Possibly: Irritation/ damage to upper airway can trigger coughing. You could also aspirate small amounts of vomitus into your lungs. Please get help.

Question 9

chronic cough for three weeks and no relief with cough meds. what could it be?

Accepted Answer

GERD, sinus drainage: Sinus drainage from allergies or infection, heartburn and certain respiratory infections can all cause chronic cough. Please see a doctor if you have had a cough for 3 weeks.

Question 10

my son has a chronic cough and we have been told he has reactive airways. how can we be sure it is not something else?

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Time will tell: Rad is a simple label for the presence of wheezing in a kid from one of several possible causes.Since a good 70%  will do it off & on for a few seasons & quit by the age of 5, it is hard to use a long term label like asthma.Various viruses & other agents will trigger wheezing occasionally. If this eventually turns out to be something else, you will still be treated the same.

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