Smoking is the leading risk factor for emphysema, so people experiencing a persistent wet cough may dismiss it as a typical ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the most common breathing conditions. It's the result of damaged lung tissue.

The problem with COPD is you have obstruction to air flow, so most patients have a chronic cough, have some shortness of breath, have some wheezing. And periodically they will have what we call an ...

The early COPD symptoms are often missed: Gerald Staton, MD Even people in their 30's and 40's will have the so-called smoker's cough. They think that's normal. They think everybody gets up in the ...

On univariate analysis, smoking history, cough, dyspnea, sputum, and wheeze all were significantly associated with AO ( Table 6). Smoking showed the highest OR for association with COPD at 3.73 ...

Importantly, in adult patients with COPD, levocloperastine reduced the frequency and intensity of dry unproductive cough without adversely influencing the beneficial effects of underlying treatment.