Coughing is one of the body's defense mechanisms of getting rid of phlegm, mucus, sputum, postnasal drip, or a foreign body. A variety of factors can cause cough in babies, and while coughing is a ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Causes of a chronic cough, which persists for more than eight weeks, include air ...

Chronic cough or cough that lasts more than 8 weeks, once a chest x-ray and spirometry are confirmed normal, is caused by an alteration in a section of the route between peripheral receptors, mainly ...

"This is the last news any of us wanted." He said it was "incredibly important" that people be alert to the symptoms of whooping cough and urged any pregnant people and babies to get immunised.

Current US and European guidance for treatment of chronic wet cough with suspected PBB is 2 weeks of amoxicillin-clavulanate, extending to 4 weeks if the cough doesn't resolve, but there is some ...

Introduction and objectives Idiopathic chronic cough patients have symptoms that persist despite trials of empirical treatment with no underlying cause found. Higher-order brain processes are involved ...

A Māori paediatrician says the recent rise in pertussis (whooping cough)-related deaths among infants, particularly within the Māori community, is due to barriers in accessing immunisation services.

“It’s incredibly important that people look out for symptoms of whooping cough and urge any pregnant people and pēpi [babies] to get immunised.” Since the onset of the epidemic (from ...

Heart failure can cause a chronic cough ... called clostridium that can cause serious illness in infants. How to Stop a Tickly Cough Instantly Sometimes, you may have a cough that seems to ...

Tairāwhiti has recorded 13 cases of whooping cough and one baby has been hospitalised since a national epidemic was declared ...

AIMS To explore the changes in neutrophil adhesion molecule expression and release into bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) obtained from infants who developed chronic lung disease (CLD). METHODS BAL ...