Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes intense coughing fits. Patients typically make a ...

One in five smokers suffer from a persistent smokers' cough and yet the majority do not realise it could be an early warning sign of a devastating lung disease, doctors warned today. Furthermore ...

Smoking or vaping can cause a chronic cough that persists even when a person is not sick. Environmental irritants such as dust, smoke, mold, or allergens can also cause a cough. A persistent cough ...

and coughing attacks that can become so intense that some people vomit, choke or break their ribs, says Nagata. Pavia explains that whooping cough is caused by bacteria called Bordetella ...

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 ...

For weeks, Son Vang thought his persistent cough was a lingering flu symptom. Then, a chest x-ray revealed he was ...

If your cough doesn't ease up in 10 days or gets worse accompanied by other symptoms like chest pain, bloody mucus, vomiting, ...

Smoking, air pollution, and medications like ACE inhibitors can also lead to a persistent cough, Dasgupta said ... worsen or induce severe coughing fits that can lead to fainting or vomiting. “Every ...

Gastroenteritis (stomach flu). The stomach flu may lead to vomiting, diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramping. If your symptoms ...

chronic cough, and blood in your vomit. You might experience cobblestone throat and pharyngitis as a result of smoking or vaping tobacco. These habits can inflame and damage throat tissues and ...

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 ...