I feel fine and I don't have a fever, just a cough that is sometimes dry and sometimes isn't. When I do cough something up, its like kind of clear/white. [lookfordiagnosis.com]

It could have been in response to aspiration of food or liquid, as would have been the cough. Some individuals experience this when they have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). [medhelp.org]

The cough has improved after the first couple of weeks, but I'm still experiencing brief coughing spells, and breathing is more difficult than 'my normal' MS related shallow breathing. [msworld.org]

Abstract The object of the experiments to be reported here was to elucidate some of the problems associated with the dyspnea of heart disease. [annals.org]

Contributes to increased airway resistance. feline bronchial asthma a syndrome in cats characterized by acute episodes of coughing and dyspnea with wheezing. Usually recurrent and believed to be due to allergic reaction. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Source Tips to Get You Through the Night Few things are more irritating than a persistent cough. I've spent many sleepless nights in the past few weeks because of a cough that just won't quit. [remedygrove.com]

Pertussis ( whooping cough ): A highly contagious infection of the airways (bronchi) by Bordetella pertussis, causing persistent cough. A booster vaccine (Tdap) is recommended for adolescents and adults to prevent pertussis. [m.webmd.com]

It may also cause severe infections and a persistent cough. Other congenital problems may present from birth or early in infancy - eg, laryngeal or tracheal structural abnormalities, congenital heart disease. [patient.info]

During general anesthesia, signs of bronchospasm include wheezing, high peak inspiratory pressures, increased intrinsic PEEP, decreased expiratory tidal volumes, and an upsloping capnograph (obstructive pattern). [en.wikipedia.org]

Asthma cough is a type of dry cough caused by bronchial spasms. Research shows that asthma cough is caused by excessive immune action against irritants or allergens. [streetdirectory.com]

Note that demulcent herbs are more applicable to dry coughs (licorice, slippery elm, mullein, althea), while astringent plants are more suitable to moist, rattly or congested coughs (anise, eyebright, cowslip, thyme, eucalyptus). [homemademedicine.com]

In this case, d-penicillamine-induced reversible airway obstruction developed, despite the "go slow--go low" regimen as suggested to reduce the incidence of its side effects. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Corticosteroids and inhaled salbutamol in patients with reversible airway obstruction markedly decrease the incidence of bronchospasm after tracheal intubation. Anesthesiology 2004; 100: 1052-1057 13 Bateman ED, Hurd SS, Barnes PJ et al. [thieme-connect.com]