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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Allergic cough and cough variant asthma clinical difference between [Abstract] Objective To distinguish between atopic cough and cough variant asthma clinical differences between the internal relations and better guide clinical. Observed in patients with clinical manifestations, disease characteristics, laboratory tests, analysis of atopic cough with cough variant asthma different. The results of allergic cough and cough variant asthma from the onset, clinical manifestations, disease features are significant differences. Conclusion cough variant asthma as a pioneer in the performance of a typical asthma, and atopic cough is not. Inhaled corticosteroids can help prevent cough variant asthma into typical asthma. [Keywords:] Allergic cough; cough variant asthma; asthma; cough; clinical differential Allergic cough and cough variant asthma was found from clinical practice, whether it is the onset, clinical manifestations, disease characteristics are different. Now on the two main differences between the clinical, described below. 1 Clinical features 1.1 Allergic cough cough allergic features include eosinophilic tracheobronchitis and bronchoalveolar lavage without eosinophilia, airway cough receptor over-react, not associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) . Atopic cough and cough variant asthma diagnosis according to the Japan Research Association study shows that cough: cough variant asthma to classic asthma, a pioneer in performance, is not allergic cough. Inhaled corticosteroids can help prevent cough variant asthma into typical asthma [1  2]. Based on the clinical encounter by the antihistamine found in patients with effective treatment of allergic cough as the only symptom is acute cough, lung no positive signs, throat congestion can be seen, its clinical features include: (1) past without any allergy history, rapid onset, short course, prior to the onset may have prodromal symptoms of pharyngeal itching. (2) cough durat