Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

Understanding causes of Sub-acute cough in community - A clinico-pathological research

Dr Rajamani Santhosh Kumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Cough <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>s one<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">t</span>he <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">m</span>ost<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">mm</span>on co<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">m</span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">p</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">n</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of pa<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>en<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>s seek<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing:&#10;.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">m</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>cal<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">tt</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">n</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ti</span>on.<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>nu<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">m</span>ber of pa<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">i</span>en<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>s <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">tt</span>end<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>our <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">O</span>PD for co<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">l</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">S</span>ub a<span style="letter-spacing:&#10;.1pt">c</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span>te cough<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ti</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>3-8 <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">w</span>eeks. Ma<span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">j</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>y of such cough are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>due <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>o <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Ear, </span><span style="letter-spacing:&#10;.1pt">Nose and Throat</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>ho<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>og<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>es.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">T</span><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">h</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>s s<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>udy a<span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">im</span>s <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>eva<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>u<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>e <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>he<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>O<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>orhino<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>aryngo<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">l</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">y</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>causes of Cough <span style="letter-spacing:&#10;-.05pt">i</span>n <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>hese<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>pa<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ti</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">n</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>s. Inflammation of </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Sinuses (Acute/Sub-acute) and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder (Reflux) form a bulk of cases presenting with Sub-acute cough in community. Clinicians need to maintain a high degree of suspicion for these two most common entities in cough patients not responding to conventional line of management.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>