BACKGROUND Cough is an important symptom of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The cough threshold to citric acid and capsaicin in patients with COPD and in normal volunteers ...

BACKGROUND Chronic cough is associated with an increased sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin in a number of conditions but there are no data for patients with more severe asthma or chronic obstructive ...

Methods: Prospective comparison study carried out in a tertiary emergency department. Consecutive COPD patients presenting with intractable cough were randomly assigned to receive lidocaine or ...

Six types of cough medicines were reviewed and included: antitussives, expectorants, mucolytics, antihistamine decongestant combinations, antihistamines and other combinations. The effectiveness of ...

They are usually recognised due to chronic coughing and breathlessness, COPD represents a severe but often preventable condition, primarily caused by the long-term use of tobacco. The importance ...

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing ...

A 54-year-old man with history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented with subacute onset of chest pain, shortness of breath, productive cough with haemoptysis and night sweats.

There are several types of medicines used to treat COPD and your action plan should include the names ... You may experience increased shortness of breath, tiredness and coughing. You may notice you ...

it's very important that we get immunized against whooping cough. With patients who have underlying illnesses like asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis -- any vaccination where you're preventing ...

My own father has COPD from smoking and I want my husband to avoid that, for my sake as well as his. Dr Grant replies: A smoker’s cough is very common. Smokers will frequently cough in the ...