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What is chronic cough in children?
The cough reflex is modulated throughout growth and development. Cough-but not expiration reflex-appears to be absent at birth, but increases with maturation. Thus, acute cough is the most frequent respiratory symptom during the first few years of life. Later on, the pubertal development seems to play a significant role in changing of the cough threshold during childhood and adolescence resulti...
متن کاملWhat are management options for chronic cough in children?
LITERATURE REVIEW The differential diagnosis for CC in children is quite extensive. In general, specific CC has a known etiology, whereas nonspecific CC has no clear identifiable etiology. Treatment of specific cough can be tailored to the diagnosis; however, management becomes increasingly challenging when there is nonspecific cough. An algorithm has been proposed for management of CC in child...
متن کاملChronic cough in children.
Cough is probably the most common cause of seeking medical care in pediatric practice. Most acute cough is caused by infection and usually resolves within less than 4 weeks. If it lasts longer, it is considered chronic and deserves investigation to identify the underlying cause, which can be almost any of a wide variety of illnesses of the respiratory tract and certain extrathoracic conditions....
متن کاملCough . 2: Chronic cough in children.
Chronic cough is a common problem in childhood. Viral infections are the most prevalent cause, but other rarer disorders should be excluded whenever cough appears unusually severe and/or frequent, and when there is evidence of failure to thrive and growth retardation. The younger the child, the more the need to exclude underlying disease at an early stage. Passive smoking is an important contri...
متن کاملmanagement of chronic cough in children
cough is a common reason for seeking medical advices for children. cough is a natural defense mechanism and can frequently occur in healthy children and can be increased by urban living and polluted cities. thus, previous history, cough exacerbations factors and quality of cough are very helpful in diagnosis of pathological cough. there are different definitions for chronic cough. in this artic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Physiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00322