II. Causes: Chronic Cough in Infancy
-
Congenital Anomaly
- Airway malformation
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Vascular Ring
- Primary ciliary Dyskinesia
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Immune deficiency
- Infection
III. Causes: Chronic Cough in preschool children
- Reactive changes
- Passive smoke
- Infection
- Viral causes
- Pertussis
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Foreign Body Aspiration
-
Congenital Anomaly
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Primary ciliary Dyskinesia
- Immune deficiency
IV. Causes: Chronic Cough in school age children (ages 6 to 15 years old)
- Reactive changes
- Asthma
- Environmental irritants (e.g. Air Pollution, Active or passive smoking)
- Upper Airway Cough Syndrome (Post Nasal Discharge)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Lung Infection
- Other uncommon causes
- Immunodeficiency
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Psychogenic cough
- Tourette syndrome