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The mean age at diagnosis of habit cough is reported to be 10.5 years, with no apparent gender bias. At diagnosis children typically have had the cough for more than 6 months and even with treatment, will cough for a further 6 months before achieving complete resolution.
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26 Ιουν 2006 · Patient Presentation An 11-year-old female was referred to the pulmonologist with a several month history of daily coughing, that began after a cold. The cough occurred at least every 3 minutes with flares of coughs 3 times/minute. The cough is described as a dry “goose-honk.”.
Habit cough (also called psychogenic cough, somatic cough syndrome or tic cough) most frequently affects school age children, usually those in later primary school or early high school, and boys and girls are equally affected.
Contrary to the discussion of “somatic cough syndrome and tic cough” by the Expert Panel, habit cough is a definable and recognizable clinical syndrome. It does not require that these children undergo diagnostic and therapeutic trials to exclude all other causes of cough.
Habit cough is most commonly characterised by a repetitive loud barking cough that persists for prolonged periods. The cough interferes with normal activity and substantially decreases the quality of life. The sine qua non is the total absence of this troublesome cough once asleep.
1 Απρ 2023 · When managing chronic cough in children, it is important to take into account their age – cough sensitivity and cough reflex change with age, airway calibre and maturation; and other settings such as the children's countries of origin and regions they are residing in.
16 Οκτ 2015 · Ages ranged from 4 to 18 years, with a median age of 10 years . Most had a cough characterized by a loud barking sound; a repetitive softer throat-clearing sound was present in 10% of the patients, and 11% exhibited both patterns of coughing at times.
