severe cough

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• cough variant asthma — asthma characterized by minimal wheezing and a nonproductive, often severe, cough lasting from a few hours to days …   Medical dictionary

• Cough — A young boy coughing due to pertussis (Whooping Cough). ICD 10 R05 ICD …   Wikipedia

• cough headache — severe, stabbing, bilateral head pain brought on by coughing or some other Valsalva maneuver; it may be due to a structural lesion such as a Chiari malformation, or it may be without an underlying cause (primary cough h.) …   Medical dictionary

• severe acute respiratory syndrome — n SARS * * * (SARS) an infectious respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus and characterized by fever, dry cough, and breathing difficulties, often accompanied by headache and body aches …   Medical dictionary

• cough — cougher, n. /kawf, kof/, v.i. 1. to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a harsh noise, often involuntarily. 2. (of an internal combustion engine) to make a similar noise as a result of the failure of one or more cylinders to fire in sequence.… …   Universalium

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome — SARS redirects here. For other uses, see SARS (disambiguation). Further information: Progress of the SARS outbreak Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Classification and external resources SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV) is causative of the syndrome …   Wikipedia

• churchyard cough — noun A severe cough …   Wiktionary

• primary cough headache — severe bilateral head pain of sudden onset following coughing or some other Valsalva maneuver, without any underlying pathologic cause. Called also benign cough h …   Medical dictionary

• Whooping cough — Also known as pertussis, this is a feared infectious disease that can strike the respiratory system and affect other organs of the body. It has three stages—an initial stage with watery runny nose and eyes, a progressive cough stage with… …   Medical dictionary

• Habit cough — A habit cough is a cough that occasionally develops in children after a cold or other airway irritant.IndicationsHabit cough is characterized by a harsh tinny type sound, and becomes persistent for weeks to months. The cough s hallmarks are… …   Wikipedia

• whooping cough — /hooh ping, hoop ing/, Pathol. an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound. Also… …   Universalium