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Chronic Cough Causes in Children

Causes: Chronic Cough in Infancy
1. Congenital anomaly
  1. Airway malformation
  2. Tracheoesophageal fistula
  3. Vascular Ring
2. Infection
  1. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
  2. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  3. Pertussis
  4. Chlamydia
  5. Tuberculosis
3. Cystic Fibrosis
Causes: Chronic Cough in preschool children
1. Reactive changes
  1. Asthma
  2. Postnasal discharge (Sinusitis)
2. Passive smoke
3. Infection
  1. Viral causes
  2. Pertussis
  3. Mycoplasma pneumonia
  4. Tuberculosis
4. Cystic Fibrosis
5. Foreign body
Causes: Chronic Cough in school age children
1. Reactive changes
  1. Asthma
  2. Post Nasal discharge (Sinusitis)
2. Air pollution
3. Active smoking
4. Infection
  1. Mycoplasma
  2. Tuberculosis
5. Cystic Fibrosis
6. Psychogenic cough

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