Dhar, R and Jindal, SK and Talwar, D and Abhyankar, N and Paramesh, H and Mohan, M and Santhalingam, B (2023) Expert Opinion on the Management of Acute and Chronic Cough: An Indian Perspective in Primary Care Setting. In: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 71 (7). pp. 11-12.
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Cough is the body's reflex when the throat or airway is irritated by a foreign body, such as irritants, microbes, and fluids. Cough caused due to a disorder or infection can last for a few days to a couple of weeks and is usually self-limiting and self-resolving. However, in certain cases, cough can persist for months, disrupting everyday activities, affecting the patient's mental health, and causing pain and fatigue. There are a number of different therapeutic strategies to manage acute and chronic cough, depending on the cause. Dry cough can be treated using opioids, nonopioids, antitussives, and antihistamines. Expectorants and mucolytics are widely used in the management of productive cough. The underlying cause of cough should be appropriately managed with specific therapy. The choice of treatment regimen is dependent on the patient's medical history, symptoms, and preexisting conditions. Based on the literature review and clinical practice, a comprehensive approach to the management of cough as a symptom has been proposed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India |
| Publisher: | NLM (Medline) |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the NLM (Medline). |
| Keywords: | antitussive agent; expectorant agent, chronic disease; coughing; expert witness; human; primary health care, Antitussive Agents; Chronic Disease; Cough; Expectorants; Expert Testimony; Humans; Primary Health Care |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Divecha Centre for Climate Change |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2023 05:10 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2023 05:10 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/82739 |
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