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Cough

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING; This section is for my Tufts University medical students. If you are a "worrier" type or a very anxious parent, please talk to your clinician about your child's problem or symptoms, rather than reading this differential diagnosis.

CAUSES OF COUGH

INFECTIONS
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (colds or viral infection)
Sinusitis
Bronchitis
Pneumonia
Bronchiolitis
Croup
Pertussis
Pleuritis
Measles
Tuberculosis
Fungal Infection
Parasitis infestation
Psittacosis
Q Fever

ALLERGY
Rhinitis
Asthmatic bronchitis
Cough Variant Asthma
Atelectasis
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Allergic Bronchopumonary
Aspergillosis

ENVIRONMENTAL
Dry air
Fumes
Smoking

ASPIRATION
Foreign body
GER
Neuromuscular disorders
Chalasia, Achlasia

CONGENITAL-ANATOMIC
Tracheoesophaeal Fistula
Lobar emphsema
Anomalous Blood vessels
Pulmonary Sequestration
Bronchogenic cyst
Tracheal Stenosis

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

AIRWAY ENCHROAHMENT
Pumonary TB
Mediastinal tumor
Mediastinal Adenopathy
Hemangiomas
Papilloma of trachea
And Bronchi

PSYCHOGENIC CAUSE
Habit cough

OTHERS
Congestive Heart Failure
Elongated uvula
Tonsillar concretion
Auricular nerve stimulation
(eg cerumen)
Bronchiectasis
Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary emboli
Exercise Induced Asthma
Immotile Celia syndrome
Swyer-James Synd
Tourette synd

Reference:
Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics
2nd Edition, page 280
Tunnessen, Jr

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