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My husband has a chronic dry nonproductive cough that lasts all year around. he is 33 and in good health, and had a cxr done that came back norm?

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Dr. Thomas Costello answered

Could be ....: Many things. Some of the most common causes of this include a medication side effect, reflux (can be silent reflux) or cough variant asthma.

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Answered 9/28/2016

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A member asked:

My husband has a chronic dry nonproductive cough that lasts all year around. he is 33 and in good health, and had a cxr done that came back norm?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Thomas Costello answered

Dr Ali agreed

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