Refractory Chronic Cough: Quest For An Apt Solution
Bulbul Parveen1, Syed Nesar Ahmed1, Md. Khairul Hassan Jessy2, Mohammed Shahedur Rahman Khan2, Bashir Ahmed2
Abstract
Chronic cough is a common reason to seek medical help worldwide and is associated with decreased
quality of life. Chronic cough has been reported to be refractory to guideline based treatment in approximately
42% of cases. Sometimes, it becomes a great challenge for the physicians. Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary
diseases are responsible for the causation of chronic cough. In the following article, our endeavour
is to focus the treatment options of refractory chronic cough.
Keywords: Refractory chronic cough, Neuromodulators, Physiotherapy and speech and language therapy
intervention (PSALTI)