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My son always seems to have a cough. it's just an annoying dry niggly cough. what can the cause be?

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Cough: Chronic cough may be caused by post nasal drainage from allergic rhinitis or non-allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis or asthma

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 11/7/2017

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