Chronic cough: causes and treatment

Generally, chronic cough represents the symptom of some underlying pathological condition which, therefore, requires the execution of a correct diagnosis in order to undertake a suitable treatment.

The pathologies that can cause chronic cough are many, of different origin and nature.

Unlike with other types of cough (such as persistent cough or peevish cough), symptomatic treatment with antitussive or expectorant drugs may prove useless in most cases. The treatment of chronic cough, in fact, is intimately related to the treatment of the underlying pathology from which it originates and the latter, often and willingly, requires specific therapies and drugs.