ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
A Review, Update, and Commentary for the Cough without a Cause: Facts and Factoids of the Habit Cough.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Decoding functional cough in pediatrics: differentiating tic, psychogenic, and compulsive phenotypes for targeted intervention.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- From Psychogenic Cough to Somatic Cough Syndrome.The clinical respiratory journal · 2026Review
- Beyond codeine - the evidence landscape of conventional, natural, and emerging antitussive therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Integrative Approach to Somatic (Psychogenic) Cough in a Geriatric Female Patient: A Case Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- What the Placebo Tells Us about Chronic Cough.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Chronic Cough and Causes in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA habitual cough, persisting after the cause is gone, was described in a 1694 medical book. Successful treatment of this disorder known as habit cough was reported in 1966 by the "art of suggestion". The purpose of this article is to provide the current basis for diagnosis and treatment of the Habit Cough Syndrome.
methodThe epidemiology and clinical course of habit cough were reviewed; original data were obtained from three sources.
resultsUnique clinical presentation was the basis for diagnosis of habit cough. Diagnosis was made 140 times with increasing frequency over 20 years at the University of Iowa clinic and 55 times over 6 years at a London clinic. Suggestion therapy provided more frequent cessation of cough than just reassurance. A Mayo Clinic archive of chronic involuntary cough found 16 of 60 still coughing 5.9 years after initial evaluation. Ninety-one parents of children with habit cough and 20 adults reported cessation of coughing from viewing a publicly available video of successful suggestion therapy.
conclusionsHabit cough is recognizable from the clinical presentation. It is effectively treated in most children by suggestion therapy in clinics, by remote video conferencing, and by proxy from viewing a video of effective suggestion therapy.
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