Cough
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A chronic cough or persistent cough may occur as a symptom of ME/CFS.
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
- 2001, In a Belgian study, 35.2% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 39.2% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported persistent cough.[1]
Potential causes[edit | edit source]
- A chronic cough may be caused by GERD, a common comorbidity of ME/CFS.
- Mould
- Sick building syndrome
- A side effect of tricyclic antidepressants
- Inhalation of xylene
Potential treatments[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ De Becker, P; McGregor, N; De Meirleir, K (September 2001), "A definition-based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.", Journal of Internal Medicine, 250 (3): 234-240, PMID 11555128
