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Upper Airway Cough Syndrome
Aka: Upper Airway Cough Syndrome, UACS
- See Also
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Cough Causes
- Rhinitis
- Epidemiology
- Most common cause of Chronic Cough in non-smoking adults with intact Immunity and normal Chest XRay
- Causes
- See Rhinitis Causes
- Signs
- Posterior pharynx drainage or mucus
- Throat clearing
- Nasal Discharge
- Oropharyngeal mucosa with cobblestone appearance
- Imaging
- Consider Sinus XRay or Sinus CT if persistent symptoms refractory to treatment
- Management
- Treat specific causes
- Sinusitis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Trial on empiric therapy
- See Rhinitis for a full protocol
- Consider oral Antihistamine alone or in combination with a Decongestant
- Consider Intranasal Steroid
- Consider intranasal Atrovent