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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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16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Chest, Mouth

Is Symptom of

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
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Atypical pneumonia
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Chronic bronchitis
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Mycoplasma infection
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Bronchiectasis
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How to differentiate if my cough is just a normal cough or chronic cough ?

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I have chronic cough i can understand but "isolated", what do you suggest?

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What do you advise if I have chronic cough i can understand but "isolated"?

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Gf refuses to treat her chronic cough on religious grounds. So what do I do?

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I've had a chronic cough that has worsened over years. What could be the problem?

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I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying down, at night) (quality: chronic cough) .

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I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying flat, in the evening, at night) (quality: chronic cough) .

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How to get over a chronic cough?

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What can cause a chronic cough, other than reflux?

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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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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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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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Does asthma have a history of a chronic cough?

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Can zocor (simvastatin) cause a chronic cough?

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Help please! is chronic cough a sign of asthma?

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