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Cough

Definition

Cough is an important natural defensive mechanism and protective reflex for clearing the upper and lower airways of excessive secretions such as mucus and inhaled particles. Cough is a common symptom of most respiratory disorders and may be indicative of trivial to very serious airway or lung pathology.

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Also indexed as

Bronchial coughChronic coughCoughNervous coughRefractory and unexplained chronic coughRefractory chronic coughTussive syncopeUnexplained chronic coughcomplaining of coughcoughingfinding of coughobservation of coughreflactory and unexplained cough

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