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Persistent cough Symptom Report

Coughing is a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs. It is a protective response that serves to clear the trachea, bronchi, and/or lungs of irritants and secretions, or to prevent aspiration of foreign materials into the lungs. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Persistent cough severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Persistent cough

Treatments Patients Take For Persistent cough
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
1 1% Fluticasone-Salmeterol: 1%

Report created on November 21, 2009.