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Srinivasan Ramanuja¹, Pramod Kelkar

¹Mankato Clinic, Allergy/Asthma/limmunology, Mankato, Minnesota 56001, USA. VasanR@mankato-clinic.com

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology : Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

|February 24, 2009

Abstract

Objective:

To review habit cough and its treatments to raise awareness of this condition as a potential cause of chronic cough.

Data Sources:

Relevant articles and references published between January 1, 1962, and April 30, 2008, were found through a PubMed search using the following keywords: habit cough, psychogenic cough, chronic cough, and tic cough.

Study Selection:

All key relevant articles were reviewed, and the most relevant were selected for inclusion in this review.

Results:

Habit cough is a diagnosis of exclusion and can occur in children and adults with chronic cough. Characteristic features of habit cough include a loud honking or barking cough, disruption of normal activities, and the frequent presence of a secondary gain (such as school absence). Successful treatment has been described in several case reports and involves mostly nonpharmacologic measures.

Conclusions:

It is important to consider habit cough in the differential diagnosis of chronic cough because early diagnosis can help to avoid unnecessary invasive procedures and potential iatrogenic complications.

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