A 68 yr. old lady suffered from chronic cough. Bronchiectasis was diagnosed and treated with physiotherapy. Coughing persisted over years, although an asthma disease was controlled by inhalation, a carcinoid tumor was surgically removed, and a coronary ...
In non-smokers without intake of an ACE-inhibitor, the three most common causes of chronic cough are eosinophilic airways disease (asthma or eosinophilic bronchitis), Upper-airway-cough-syndrome (UACS) and Gastroesophageal-reflux desease (GERD). In ...