Cough Mystery Solved: Foreign Body Aspiration

Welcome to the cough mystery solved – a surprising diagnosis of the case study presented by Dr. Lisa Sanders in the New York Times. Spoiler Alert:  The surprising diagnosis is foreign body aspiration.   Read on to follow the steps that led to this conclusion.

In Part 1, a 43-year old man had been suffering from an annoying and persistent cough for 18 months.  During this time, he saw a primary care physician, ear-nose-and-throat specialist and pulmonologist for his cough.  His doctors prescribed an antihistamine for allergies, an inhaler for asthma, and antacid medication for heartburn – but the cough did not go away.  So, the man tried to learn to live with the persistent cough. Then, he began coughing-up blood. Read more

Cough Mystery: Can You Solve It?

“Think Like a Doctor: A Cough That Won’t Stop,” by Lisa Sanders, M.D. in the NY Times Magazine presents an unsolved cough mystery.  In the first of a 2-part series, Dr. Sanders presents the case, and then reveals the diagnosis the following week.  See if you can guess the diagnosis correctly after you read this case study.

The patient presented in this case study is typical of the cough patient that Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough diagnose and treat.  Read more

Global Cough Leaders Meet in London

Dr. Mandel Sher is back fresh from the Ninth International Symposium on Cough held in London from June 29th through July 1, 2016. The international symposium was organized by Professor Kian Fan Chung, Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute of the Imperial College London. The symposium attracts global cough leaders in the treatment of cough and scientific cough research. Read more

Voice Therapy and Chronic Cough

Exercise doesn’t have to be hard, boring, take too much time, make you sweaty or require workout clothes.  Voice exercises can be an important part of a comprehensive cough treatment plan.  And voice exercises can be done in as little as 10-minute intervals once a day, or shorter intervals throughout the day, in the comfort of your car, office, or home without any special tools or equipment. Read more