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Diseases with Similar Symptoms
Severaldiseases have similar symptoms --and may accompany COLD.
Acute Bronchitis
Acute bronchitis is usually caused by a virus, and in most cases does not require treatment. The cough it causes typically lasts for about a week to 10 days. In about half of patients, however, coughing can last up to 3 weeks, and 25% of patients continue to cough for over 1 month. Although acute bronchitis is usually not considered a serious problem, one 1999 study reported that a third ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Can my cough be due to acid reflux?
By Todd Eisner , Health ExpertChronic cough and even chest pain can be caused by acid reflux. This can be difficult to diagnose... Read more »
Understanding Cough Variant Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...8 weeks. It can occur any time of the day, though coughing at night that wakes you up is common... Read more »
The Never Ending Cough: Is Cough Medication the Answer?
By James Thompson, MD , Health ExpertWe have almost made it through the last of outdoor allergy season. Ragweed has run its course in... Read more »
Q and A: Acid Reflux and Your Lungs
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...asthma and aspiration. Refluxed liquid can cause coughing by stimulating nerves that provoke... Read more »
Health Guide
Pneumonia: Symptoms
...following:High feverA rapid heart rateBluish-toned (cyanotic) skinLabored and heavy breathing.Mental confusionCoughing up mucus (sputum) containing pus or bloodSymptoms in the Elderly. It is... Read more »Sinusitis: Highlights
New Sinusitis GuidelinesIn 2005, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology released joint guidelines on the diagnosis and... Read more »Asthma Signs and Symptoms in Children
...infections, which may be accompanied by high fever and progress rapidly. Any child who has frequent coughing or respiratory infections should be checked for asthma.Typical Asthma SymptomsThe... Read more »Adult Asthma Symptoms
...risk for this effect tend to be older, female, and to have hadthe disease for a longer period of time.Coughing. In some people, the first symptom of asthma is a nonproductive cough. Some patients... Read more »Acid Reflux Symptoms
...an indication of serious esophageal damage or abnormalities.Chronic sore throat.Persistent hiccups.Coughing and Respiratory Symptoms. Asthmatic symptoms like coughing and wheezing may occur. In... Read more »Images
Medications
This combination medication is used to relieve coughs caused by the common cold, bronchitis,... Read more »
This combination product is used to temporarily treat cough and stuffy nose symptoms caused by... Read more »
This combination medication is used to relieve coughs caused by the common cold, bronchitis,... Read more »
...part of the brain (cough center) to help you stop coughing. This product also contains a... Read more »
This combination medication is used to relieve coughs caused by the common cold, bronchitis, and... Read more »
Related News
Stubborn Cough Fades With Morphine
March 13, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What do you do for a never-ending cough? New research reveals it may take morphine to quiet the rattle and give those lungs a... Read summary »
Study: Codeine does not relieve coughing in patients with COPD
August 07, 2009Researchers at Manchester University have found "no statistical difference" between codeine and a placebo in treating cough associated with chronic... Read summary »
Q&A: Is lisinopril causing my cough?
July 16, 2009A reader tells Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy about a severe cough she is experiencing that she can't ease, despite a number of... Read summary »
10 percent of kids use cough meds every week
October 03, 2008One in 10 kids use a cough or cold medicine every week, a new report says. Researchers say the news is striking because there is little evidence to... Read summary »
Old Remedy/New Help for Fibromyalgia
August 28, 2006GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Fibromyalgia affects one in nine people and leaves its victims in constant pain. It's difficult to... Read summary »
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