Archive for year: 2019
Cough: Scratches the Itch in the Back of the Throat
Cough scratches the itch in the back of your throat. Unlike other places on the body where we use hands and fingers to scratch an itch, we cannot used hands and fingers to scratch an itch in the back of the throat. Itch in the back of the throat is often referred to as a tickle in the back of the throat.
“Cough scratches the itch in the back of the throat. If you stop the tickle in the back of the throat, then the urge to cough will decrease and less cough will be produced. “ (Dr. Mandel Sher, Founder of the Center for Cough)
Why do we Cough? Dr. Mandel Sher, Founder and Medical Director of Center for Cough says Cough is the body and brain’s way of scratching the itch in the back of your throat. There are many good and productive reasons for Coughing. Cough that lasts for eight weeks or longer is a Chronic Cough. ChroniChronic Cough that is ruled out as being a symptom of a serious underlying medical problem, has no productive value. Rather, it is a debilitating medical condition that is annoying, embarrassing, and produces other medical byproducts such as urinary incontinence, hoarseness, constant throat clearing, anxiety, depression and more. The good news is that Chronic Cough can be effectively treated and even resolved.
Contact: Dr. Mandel Sher at Center for Cough. 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com
Do Pain, Chronic Cough, Itch, and Inflammation share a treatment approach? Bruce Bean, Ph.D. and Clifford Woolf, Ph.D., neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Bruce Levy, Pulmonologist and Critical Care doctor at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Nocion, a biotech company, want to find out. Doctors Bean and Woolf were focusing on pain and itch, while Dr. Levy’s laboratory was studying Cough. When the three put their heads together, simply put, they considered whether Cough might be produced as an itch in the airway. Learn more by clicking here: https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/17/how-one-company-thinks-unraveling-cough-can-provide-a-new-way-to-treat-pain/
According to Nocion’s website:
“Chronic cough, a condition that causes patients to often cough 60 to 100 time and hour for months and years, is one of the first indications Nocion is pursuing. It may seem surprising to jump from pain suppression with analgesics to cough, but cough is actually the “itch” of the lungs.
” The unmet need is massive.” What folks don’t realize, even doctors, is that cough is the single most common reason why people in the United States seek medical attention.” (Dr. Peter Dicpinigaitis, Director of the Montefiore Cough Center in New York, Chair of the American Cough Conference, and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
While Nocion’s research is years away from being evaluated in human trials, it is yet another example of novel approaches being considered for the treatment of Chronic Cough and related medical conditions. Dr. Mandel Sher at Center for Cough leads a comprehensive center dedicated to diagnosing and treating people with Chronic Cough. Dr. Sher also leads clinical trials to evaluate drugs being developed for Chronic Cough treatment and is a frequent contributor of the evolving paradigm of Chronic Cough to professional clinical and scientific societies.
Disinfectants & Sick-Shaming: But Chronic Cough is NOT Contagious
Cough: Contagious or Not? That is the question. Is it okay to spray disinfectants on a colleague’s desk and sick-shame them to “Go Home”? You may know that your Cough is a Chronic Cough that is NOT contagious, but how would others know that what you are ailing from is not contagious? As more and more people are working and recreating in open communal spaces where people are often sitting shoulder-to-shoulder and certainly within virus spreading distance, there is increasing awareness around the ripple effect of germs. When colleagues, friends, and family hear Coughing on a repetitive basis, they may be understandably concerned that you are sick and soon they will be too. As a recent Wall Street Journal article quoted a team member: “If one person gets sick, we all get sick.” Coughing produces a startling sound that is disruptive to the listener and embarrassing for the Cougher. So whether your Cough is the result of a virus or Chronic Cough, be mindful of others around you.
Chronic Cough is different than acute Cough produced by virus. Chronic Cough is NOT contagious. A Persistent Cough lasting 8 weeks or longer may be triggered by a virus, allergies, reflux, or other factors, but the underlying cause is often neuropathic hardwiring that sets you up to Cough.
Dr. Mandel Sher: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com.Many doctors take care of people with Cough. Dr. Mandel Sher is an internationally recognized Cough Specialist who is resolving Cough in people who are suffering with this debilitating, annoying, and complex condition.
Dr. Mandel Sher offers comprehensive Cough treatment in one convenient location at Center for Cough. All services are traditional, evidence-based medicine, and covered by Medicare and major insurers. Dr. Mandel’s Sher’s experiences and successes are grounded in an integrated and innovative approach including: medications, diet, lifestyle, voice exercises, and breathing techniques. Dr. Mandel Sher also leads clinical research trials for novel Cough therapies and is a frequent presenter on Cough at national and international medical society meetings.
