Treatment
- Aimed at specific diagnosis
- Empiric therapeutic trial of bronchodilators, antacids
- Topical nasal steroids
- Systemic steroids
- Antihistamines and decongestants
- Antibiotics
- Consider hydration, expectorants, mucolytics
- Dextromethorphan or codeine for post viral cough
- Intractable cough due to irreversible disorder: narcotics, nebulized lidocaine
- Biofeedback