Etiology and pathogenesis of chronic cough Progress.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 14 Etiology and pathogenesis of chronic cough Progress [Keywords:] chronic cough; etiology; pathogenesis; Research A higher prevalence of chronic cough is the most common treatment in patients with one of the reasons. Clinical symptoms usually will cough as the sole or main symptoms for more than 8 weeks, chest X-ray examination was normal persons as unexplained chronic cough, referred to as chronic cough [1]. because of their complex etiology and lack of characteristic clinical manifestations, often misdiagnosed, missed, not only increase the suffering of patients, but also increased the patient’s economic burden. Irwin1981 years since the application of proposed changes in 1990 Anatomy of diagnostic procedures for chronic cough since the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough has made great progress [2]. in recent years with sputum, 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring, the value of improvements in technology and improvements in detection methods, so that 88% 100% of patients are diagnosed with chronic cough, so that 84% to 98% of patients to eliminate or alleviate the symptoms of cough [3]. In this paper, the common causes of chronic cough, pathogenesis do a review of progress. A disease due to Cause of a variety of chronic cough can be alone, but also in combination. Irwin et al [4] first proposed in 1981 Anatomy of chronic cough in diagnostic procedures, which includes history taking, detailed physical examination and select the appropriate laboratory examinations, such as chest X-ray, or diastolic bronchial challenge test, sinus plain film and CT examination .1990 in Irwin et al [5] the value of the 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring by adding diagnostic procedures, made on this basis, the suspected cause then be confirmed by diagnostic treatment Brightling the year 1999 [6] Add induced sputum cell analysis, anatomical cause of chronic cough improved diagnostic procedures, expanded the scope of the diagnosis of the cause of ch