Study objectives: To evaluate cough reflex sensitivity in a population of young, healthy, male cigarette smokers. Design: Cross-sectional comparison. Setting: Academic medical center. Participants: ...
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Michael Shiloh had been studying tuberculosis for about two decades when he started wondering about a seemingly basic question: What makes people with TB cough? This is the disease’s hallmark symptom ...
Acute coughs are often caused by a minor illness and go away within a few weeks, while chronic coughs may be a symptom of something more serious. A cough is a reflex that your body uses to clear your ...
Chronic cough is a persistent and often debilitating condition defined as a cough lasting for more than eight weeks. This syndrome presents a significant clinical challenge worldwide due to its ...
This study has demonstrated that asymptomatic current cigarette smokers have a significantly diminished cough reflex relative to that of healthy nonsmokers. The inhibition of cough sensitivity due to ...