Title |
Capsaicin sensitivity in patients with chronic cough– results from a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
Cough, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-9974-9-5 |
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Authors |
Ewa Ternesten-Hasséus, Christel Larsson, Sven Larsson, Eva Millqvist |
Abstract |
A subgroup of patients with chronic cough is recognised as having airway symptoms resulting exposure to chemicals and scents related to enhanced cough sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin. Sensory hyperreactivity, which has an estimated prevalence of more than 6%, is one possible explanation for the symptoms experienced by these patients. We hypothesized that a number of patients diagnosed with chronic unexplained cough also have coughing provoked by chemical irritants associated with augmented capsaicin cough reaction, but the extent of such a relation is not known. One aim of the present study was to analyse cough sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin in patients with chronic unexplained cough. Another aim was to compare capsaicin sensitivity in individuals with chemically induced coughing (the chemical-sensitive group) to capsaicin sensitivity in those without such chemical sensitivity (non-sensitive group). |
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