Archive for year: 2020
Recently Recognized Neurogenic Cough
Neurogenic Cough is a recently recognized type of cough. This new way of thinking has implications for cough diagnosis, cough therapy, and cough resolution. Neurogenic Cough describes people who are hard-wired and hot-wired to cough. Different triggers contribute to cough, but renowned Center for Cough expert Dr. Mandel Sher observes that hypersensitive throat nerve endings are often the primary source of cough. Cough may be the symptom of inflamed throat nerve endings. If a person is set-up to cough, then triggers may produce just enough irritation to produce explosive cough. For instance, talking, viral and post-viral infections, allergies, laryngeal reflux, gastrointestinal reflux, and more, may flip the switch on inflamed throat nerves.
Dr. Mandel Sher and his cough doctor colleagues refer to this as “neurogenic cough” or cough hypersensitivity syndrome. There are different categories and sources of cough. Find out from a cough doctor if your cough originates from neurogenic cough and be sure that the cough therapy is accurately matched to the cause for best results. See Dr. Sher and the Center for Cough doctors before wasting time and money or risking side effects of other cough therapy. Call today for an appointment to finally control your cough: 727-393-8067. Telehealth and in-person appointments are available.
Cough, Scratchy Throat, Headache
COVID-cough, allergic-cough, asthma-cough, chronic cough, sometimes it is hard to know what’s what. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of her family have tested positive for COVID-19. Cough, scratchy throat, headaches and other common COVID symptoms are also seasonal allergy symptoms. Mayor Bottoms and some of her family have seasonal allergies and therefore thought the symptoms were allergy related. “I felt like I have seasonal allergies: Scratchy throat, headache, and all the things that come with allergies. My husband was sleeping a lot. He has allergies too so I thought it was his allergies too.” (Mayor Bottoms)
Covid-cough can be present during active virus, linger long after the virus is gone, and then become Chronic Cough. A Chronic Cough should not become part of your new normal. Advanced diagnostic approach and comprehensive, evidence based cough treatment approach distinguish Dr. Mandel Sher as one of the nation’s foremost cough experts and Center for Cough as a leading clinical research site for novel cough therapies. Dr. Mandel Sher will help resolve Chronic Cough, in fact, over 85% of patients diagnosed and treated at Center for Cough demonstrate measurable relief and report a vast improvement in the quality of their daily lives.
Call Center for Cough for a cough evaluation and treatment today! 727-393-8067.
COVID-Cough and Chronic Cough
Chronic cough may be mistaken for COVID-cough during this COVID pandemic making you a cough pariah in need of a cough intervention. Coughs and cough stories may sound alike so only a cough expert can differentiate among the underlying causes and then precisely match cough treatment with the specific cause. For instance, bronchitis, asthma, cancer, postnasal drip, and allergies may be the underlying problem with a cough symptom, but very often, chronic cough is THE problem. As a result, a trial and error cough treatment approach wastes time and money, produces side effects of unnecessary medications, and results in people feeling increasingly frustrated. Dr. Mandel Sher at Center for Cough uses advanced diagnostic tools and evidenced-based, comprehensive, and simultaneous cough remedy that is individualized to meet each patient’s unique needs, is safe and effective, provides rapid relief and lasting results, and has over an 85 percent success rate.
Cough has been identified as a key symptom of this coronavirus. There is a heightened awareness of and concern around cough. So, while you may know that your cough is chronic, and is not COVID-cough, you may feel increasing embarrassed and isolated. Talking, laughing, singing, allergies, and environmental irritants may trigger the production of cough, and hoarseness, throat tickle, throat clearing, urinary incontinence, anxiety, and social isolation may be the results.
Dr. Mandel Sher is a world-renowned chronic cough expert. He is an author in peer-reviewed medical journals, lecturer at national professional medical societies, clinical trials scientist and researcher evaluating novel cough therapies, teacher and trainer of the next generation of cough specialists, and honored to be consistently selected as “Best Doctor in America” and “Compassionate Doctor” by his patients.
If you think you have a persistent cough, chronic cough or are throat clearing, constantly feeling a throat tickle and urge to cough, or your voice is hoarse, please call Dr. Mandel Sher for an appointment: 727-393-8067.