During an asthma episode, a person may experience shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, or wheezing. These symptoms can feel frightening, but with awareness and the right practices, ...

Frequent productive cough was experienced by patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with symptom prevalence increasing with higher disease severity, according to the ...

When monitoring cough, both subjective and objective measures are needed, but use of objective cough counting tools is lacking in clinical practice, according to a scoping review published in Lancet ...

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness may indicate the presence of cough-variant asthma in nonsmokers who have chronic cough, new research shows. This research shows that sensitivity in the bronchial tubes—a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a dry cough that's been going on for about 13-14 years. I'm a healthy 62-year-old and read that it is called "cough variant asthma." I would like to know more about this but ...

A dry cough causes a scratchy throat but doesn't produce mucus. Upper respiratory infections, allergies, and asthma often trigger it. A dry cough can develop for many reasons. Some of the most common ...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects more than 25 million people in the US. Asthma generally causes swelling of your airways, making it harder to breathe and causing symptoms like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall allergy season is in full swing. From August to November, the most common outdoor allergy trigger is caused by ragweed pollen ...