Be Especially Mindful During the Holiday Season: Minimize Chronic Cough Flare-Ups

“Be especially mindful during the holiday season; mindfulness helps minimize Chronic Cough flare-ups that can be aggravated by holiday landmines” advises Dr. Mandel Sher.

Holiday festivities can be too much of a good thing and aggravate your Constant Cough. Family, Friends, Food, and Fun – Cough-Cough-Cough. Each year, Dr. Mandel Sher reminds his Cough patients to be particularly mindful during the holiday season. To be mindful, Dr. Sher recommends really focusing and making mindful choices. For example, appreciating the color and texture of your holiday meals, slowly chewing and tasting each bite, and sipping rather than gulping beverages. Dr. Mandel Sher, Cough Expert, explains to Cough patients:

“Being mindful is beneficial all of the time and particularly so when there are lots of distractions that can divert attention from routine and discipline. Your Constant Cough can be aggravated during the holiday season by: Overeating, Caffeine, Alcohol, Talk-Talk-Talk, “Relaxed” medication regimen, Viruses transmitted through Hugs and Handshakes, and Cold air and home heat that can be drying.Being Mindful will help you minimize your cough-cough-cough mood buster and enhance your holiday enjoyment. Sip-sip-sip, Eat smaller portions, Keep moving, & B-R-E-A-T-H-E.”

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher & Center for Cough: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com

Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team thank the referring doctors and people with Chronic Cough throughout the United States who entrust their care to Dr. Mandel Sher; Dr. Mandel Sher’s physician, scientist, and researcher cough colleagues around the world; the people with Chronic Cough who voluntarily participate in Clinical Research Trials led by Dr. Mandel Sher to help advance novel cough therapies and promote effective outcomes; and those family, friends, and colleagues who are concerned about someone suffering with Chronic Cough and encourage them to see Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team.

From all of us to all of you, Here’s to Your Health. Happy Holidays!

Cough: An ITCH in Your Throat

Cough is an itch in your throat.  Dr. Xinzhong Dong, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist, recently published a study that supports Dr. Mandel Sher’s approach to treating Chronic Cough.  Dr. Dong identified itch receptors in our throats that produce an irritated or itchy feeling when they are triggered by other factors.  Dr. Mandel Sher and a handful of his Cough colleagues around the globe are evolving the paradigm for treating the underlying cause of Chronic Cough rather than the triggers only.  Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough team agree with Dr. Xinzhong Dong’s finding that Cough is a response to an itch in your throat.  Dr. Dong and his team are hoping their discovery can facilitate new treatments for medical conditions such as Asthma and Chronic Coughing.

“Unlike in the skin, we can’t scratch an itch in our throats. Instead we cough, which causes a slight pain that blocks the itch.”–                         Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.

“It’s all about the tickle in the back of your throat.  Stop the tickle and stop the Cough. ”                                                                                                                                    Dr. Mandel Sher                                                                                                                  Center for Cough 

727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com

Dr. Mandel Sher is a Cough Specialist.  He is a Duke, Harvard, and University of Michigan trained physician who focuses on treating people with chronic medical conditions such as Chronic Cough.  Dr. Sher is helping patients to achieve remarkable results in relieving or resolving their Cough – even if they have seen many other doctors and tried but failed other cough therapies.  In addition to successfully treating patients with Chronic Cough, Dr. Sher is a leading investigator on Clinical Research Trials for novel Cough therapies, and is a frequent contributor to the medical community’s body of knowledge around Chronic Cough by speaking at national and internal professional society meetings.

Read more about Dr. Dong’s work:  https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2018/articles/the-origins-of-an-itch