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Katherine J Myall1,2, Peter S P Cho1,2, Surinder S Birring1,2
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital.
Purpose Of Review:
To review the current understanding of the impact, mechanisms and treatments for cough in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Evidence suggests that cough is a prevalent symptom in patients with ILD and has a significant impact on patients.
Recent Findings:
There is increasing interest in the role of cough hypersensitivity as seen in chronic refractory cough in patients with ILD, and encouraging recent results suggest that ILD-associated cough responds to opiate therapy.
Summary:
Understanding the aetiology of cough in patients with ILD is crucial to continue to develop therapies which might be effective in reducing cough and increasing quality of life.
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