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Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms
PURPOSE: Enhanced responsiveness to external triggers is thought to reflect hypersensitivity of the cough reflex. It may involve an enhanced sensitivity of the afferent nerves in the airways and/or an abnormal processing of the afferent information by the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS proces...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10284963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00622-w |
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author | Koskela, Heikki O. Kaulamo, Johanna T. Lätti, Anne M. |
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description | PURPOSE: Enhanced responsiveness to external triggers is thought to reflect hypersensitivity of the cough reflex. It may involve an enhanced sensitivity of the afferent nerves in the airways and/or an abnormal processing of the afferent information by the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS processing of cough has been shown to involve the same regions as those in symptom amplification, a phenomenon that often manifests as multiple symptoms. The main purpose of the present study was to define whether the presence of several cough triggers is associated with multiple symptoms. METHODS: 2131 subjects with current cough responding to two email surveys filled in a comprehensive questionnaire about social background, lifestyle, general health, doctors’ diagnoses and visits, symptoms, and medication. Multiple symptoms was defined as three or more non-respiratory, non-mental symptoms. RESULTS: A carefully controlled multiple regression analysis revealed that the number of cough triggers was the only cough characteristic associating with multiple non-respiratory, non-mental symptoms [aOR 1.15 (1.12–1.19) per one trigger, p < 0.001]. Among the 268 subjects with current cough both in the first survey and in the follow-up survey 12 months later, the repeatability of the trigger sum was good with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.80 (0.75–0.84). CONCLUSION: The association between the number of the cough triggers and multiple symptoms suggests that the CNS component of cough hypersensitivity may be a manifestation of non-specific alteration in the CNS interpretation of various body sensations. The number of cough triggers is a repeatable measure of cough sensitivity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00408-023-00622-w. |
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spelling | pubmed-102849632023-06-23 Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms Koskela, Heikki O. Kaulamo, Johanna T. Lätti, Anne M. Lung Cough PURPOSE: Enhanced responsiveness to external triggers is thought to reflect hypersensitivity of the cough reflex. It may involve an enhanced sensitivity of the afferent nerves in the airways and/or an abnormal processing of the afferent information by the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS processing of cough has been shown to involve the same regions as those in symptom amplification, a phenomenon that often manifests as multiple symptoms. The main purpose of the present study was to define whether the presence of several cough triggers is associated with multiple symptoms. METHODS: 2131 subjects with current cough responding to two email surveys filled in a comprehensive questionnaire about social background, lifestyle, general health, doctors’ diagnoses and visits, symptoms, and medication. Multiple symptoms was defined as three or more non-respiratory, non-mental symptoms. RESULTS: A carefully controlled multiple regression analysis revealed that the number of cough triggers was the only cough characteristic associating with multiple non-respiratory, non-mental symptoms [aOR 1.15 (1.12–1.19) per one trigger, p < 0.001]. Among the 268 subjects with current cough both in the first survey and in the follow-up survey 12 months later, the repeatability of the trigger sum was good with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.80 (0.75–0.84). CONCLUSION: The association between the number of the cough triggers and multiple symptoms suggests that the CNS component of cough hypersensitivity may be a manifestation of non-specific alteration in the CNS interpretation of various body sensations. The number of cough triggers is a repeatable measure of cough sensitivity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00408-023-00622-w. Springer US 2023-05-08 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10284963/ /pubmed/37156984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00622-w Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Cough Koskela, Heikki O. Kaulamo, Johanna T. Lätti, Anne M. Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title | Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title_full | Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title_fullStr | Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title_full_unstemmed | Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title_short | Cough Sensitivity to Several External Triggers is Associated with Multiple Non-respiratory Symptoms |
title_sort | cough sensitivity to several external triggers is associated with multiple non-respiratory symptoms |
topic | Cough |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10284963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00622-w |
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