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How can you tell the difference between an asthma cough and a cough due to environment like mold or dust?
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Cannot: You cannot tell the difference from listening to the cough. You need to take a listen to the lungs with a stethoscope. If the patient is wheezing then it is an asthma cough, if more nasal congestion and no wheezing more likely to be related to environmental allergies
Answered 11/27/2017
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