Psychogenic cough: what is it?

psychogenic is a particular type of cough whose causes are to be found in a psychological and, sometimes, psychiatric component.

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Also known as "nervous or psychosomatic cough", psychogenic cough occurs with greater incidence in young individuals.

Unlike other types of cough, psychogenic cough does not originate from disorders affecting the respiratory system, the gastrointestinal system or the immune system; rather it represents a sort of somatization of basic anxious or nervous states; therefore, it originates from disorders that affect the psychic sphere of the individual.

and stress in the individual.

Psychogenic cough can occur in children, adolescents and young adults, while in older people it tends to be less common. However, according to some sources, nervous cough - although it also affects adults - occurs with greater incidence in children and adolescents aged between 4 and 15 years.