What is cough variant asthma?

Cough variant asthma is a type of asthma where the predominant symptom is a non-productive cough. It may worsen following exercise, talking, laughing, or crying. Patients will typically respond to inhaled albuterol, iprotropium, or steroids.

How do members experience cough variant asthma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cough variant asthma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cough variant asthma*

Who has cough variant asthma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 16
30s 21
40s 30
50s 43
60s 58
70+ 31

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 54
Female 140

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What is cough variant asthma?

Cough variant asthma is a type of asthma where the predominant symptom is a non-productive cough. It may worsen following exercise, talking, laughing, or crying. Patients will typically respond to inhaled albuterol, iprotropium, or steroids.



Common symptoms reported by people with cough variant asthma

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for cough variant asthma

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Compare treatments taken by people with cough variant asthma

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Who has cough variant asthma on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 95 say cough variant asthma is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 16
30s 21
40s 30
50s 43
60s 58
70+ 31
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 16
20-29 years 12
30-39 years 11
40-49 years 4
50-59 years 5
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 54
Female 140

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 66
Not Diagnosed 5

These charts show data from cough variant asthma patients who have completed their condition history
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