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This article is from the Asthma FAQ, by Patricia Wrean and Marie Goldenberg mwg@radix.net with numerous contributions by others.

1.1.3 What is "coughing asthma"?

In _Children with Asthma_, Dr. Plaut defines "coughing asthma"
as "a form of asthma in which coughing is the only symptom and
there is no abnormality in any lung function test." This
condition is also known as "cough variant asthma." Coughing
asthma often improves when standard asthma medications are
taken.

 

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