Sensory Neuropathic Cough (SNC) Archives

Coronavirus

Still Coughing After COVID-19?

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: December 9, 2020 Covid-19 has intruded into our lives in innumerable ways. Worst of all for some, is that they contracted the virus. Among those stricken by the virus are surely a number of

Coughing disorders

Treatment for Sensory Neuropathic Cough

Instructions Begin with the medication marked with the large “X.” If, over time, the first prescription fails to provide adequate benefit, you will of course let us know this during a phone or encrypted email followup communication. At that point,

Coughing disorders

How Do You Choke? Let Me Count the Ways…

Four examples of how the term “choking” can mean different things Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: May 10, 2016 First example When asked the reason he was calling for an appointment, a middle-aged man offered that he was “choking.”

Cough

Neuropathy

Neuropathy, in a basic, practical, and somewhat literal sense means “nerve-ending suffering.” The idea is that the patient’s suffering is from the damaged nerve ending and not from something that is stimulating that nerve ending. In other words, a neuropathic

Sensory Neuropathic Throat Clearing (SNTC)

Cough

When Mucus Seems to Be Causing Your Cough or Throat Clearing – But Isn’t

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: June 24, 2015 Introduction We all have experience trying to manage mucus that is causing us a problem. Sometimes, such as during an upper respiratory infection, our bodies over-produce mucus, in which case we

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Coughing disorders

A Trail to Sensory Neuropathic Cough

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published August 25, 2014 Introduction A new clinical insight can be sparked when a physician encounters a series of patients in close succession whose stories overlap in some surprising way. This is an account of

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Chronic cough

The Use of Capsaicin for Sensory Neuropathic Cough

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published July 31, 2014 Introduction In recent years, a neurogenic form of chronic cough has been described in the literature, referred to variously as “sensory neuropathy presenting as chronic cough” 1, “sensory neuropathic cough” 2,

Damaged and bleeding vocal cords due to hard coughing from sensory neuropathic cough

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Sensory Neuropathic Cough (SNC)

When coughing doesn’t stop. Sensory Neuropathic Cough (SNC) is a chronic cough disorder that is thought to have a neurogenic cause. Sensory neuropathic cough (SNC) 1 is also sometimes referred to as a cough caused by “laryngeal sensory neuropathy,” or

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Still Coughing After COVID-19?

Treatment for Sensory Neuropathic Cough

How Do You Choke? Let Me Count the Ways…

Neuropathy

When Mucus Seems to Be Causing Your Cough or Throat Clearing – But Isn’t

A Trail to Sensory Neuropathic Cough

The Use of Capsaicin for Sensory Neuropathic Cough

Sensory Neuropathic Cough (SNC)

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