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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Glucocorticoids in the treatment of chronic cough Of: Huang Huili, Xu Xianping, Lan Ping, the Yu Yang, LI Ji Feng, Li Li [Abstract] Objective To investigate the cause of glucocorticoid in several due to the specificity of the treatment of chronic cough patients. Methods of cough variant asthma (CVA), postnasal drip syndrome (PNDS), eosinophilic bronchitis (EB) in patients with chronic cough due to glucocorticoid treatment. Results CVA 20 , PNDS 34 , EB 8 cases of patients after treatment of glucocorticoid-specific, effective or more (including markedly effective) was 95% (19/20), 94.1% (32/34) and 87.5% (7 / 8), 4 cases of total remission, no invalid cases. Conclusion CVA, PNDS, EB is a major cause of chronic cough, glucocorticoid-specific treatment well. [Keywords:] chronic cough; etiology; corticosteroids The Application of Glucocorticoid in the Treatment of Chronic Coughs Huang Huili, Xu Xianping, Lan Pingqi, Yu Yang, LiJifeng, Li Li, the 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital No. 533, Kunming, Yunnan Province, PR China 650224 Abstract Objective To discuss the specific effect of glucocorticoid in treating the chronic coughs with different causes. Methods The patients with chronic coughs caused by cough variant asthma (CVA) (20 cases), postnasal drip syndrome (PNDS) (34 cases) and eosinophilic bronchitis (EB) (8 cases) received the treatment of glucocorticoid, and the curative effect was analyzed. Results The effective rate of the 20 CVA cases was 95% (19/20), that of the 34 PNDS cases was 94.1% (32 / 34) and that of the 8 EB cases was 87.5% (7 / 8); 4 patients showed symptom relieves and no case was found to have no effect. Conclusions CVA, PNDS and EB are the main causes of chronic cough, and glucocorticoid is of specific curative effect on chronic cough. KEYWORDS chronic cough cause glucocorticoid treatment Cough is a common symptom of respiratory diseases, the clinical cause of a lot of co