Chronic cough
Chronic cough is a cough occurring on most days for several months. It can be due to lung disease caused by smoking, lung cancer, or can be caused by chronic asthma or even acid reflux disease.
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A 44-year old asked:
How can you relieve a chronic cough?
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What could isolated chronic cough mean?
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A 34-year old asked:
What's the best way to treat a chronic cough?
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A 51-year old asked:
Chronic cough for 4-5 months what could it be?
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A 33-year old asked:
Chronic cough when exhaling. What can cause this?
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A 43-year old asked:
Please explain what does isolated chronic cough mean?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the best medicine for chronic cough problems ?
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A 46-year old asked:
I am constantly having cold & chronic cough.. What's wrong?
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A 37-year old asked:
Help! I've been having chronic cough that will not go away?
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A 37-year old asked:
Help! I've been having chronic cough with no other symptoms?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I have a chronic cough every day, but it gets worst at night?
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A 33-year old asked:
What to do about a chronic cough that was better but getting worse?
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A 35-year old asked:
My child has a chronic cough with no other symptoms, what could this be?
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A 20-year old male asked:
How to differentiate if my cough is just a normal cough or chronic cough ?
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A 33-year old asked:
I have chronic cough i can understand but "isolated", what do you suggest?
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A 34-year old asked:
What do you advise if I have chronic cough i can understand but "isolated"?
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A 44-year old asked:
Gf refuses to treat her chronic cough on religious grounds. So what do I do?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I've had a chronic cough that has worsened over years. What could be the problem?
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A 50-year old female asked:
I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying down, at night) (quality: chronic cough) .
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A 50-year old female asked:
I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying flat, in the evening, at night) (quality: chronic cough) .
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A 46-year old asked:
How to get over a chronic cough?
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A 68-year old asked:
What can cause a chronic cough, other than reflux?
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A 31-year old asked:
How can an X-ray be useful to diagnose a chronic cough?
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A 36-year old asked:
Help plz! Can purging cause the person to develop a chronic cough?
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A 42-year old female asked:
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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A 16-year old male asked:
I've chronic cough since a month or two. I take Macberry XT, Levoceterizine M and Deriphyllin 300 mg for relief. Otherwise, the cough persists.
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A 41-year old asked:
Does asthma have a history of a chronic cough?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can zocor (simvastatin) cause a chronic cough?
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A 44-year old asked:
Help please! is chronic cough a sign of asthma?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is a chronic cough caused by benicar (olmesartan)?
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