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After the vagus nerve is stimulated, a cough may be reflexively generated. The goal of coughing is to remove... just suppression. Non-specific treatments work by 3 mechanisms. First, the cough reflex may be prevented...
: use of narcotic medications to treat cough.
Part of the cough reflex travels up to the brain and back down... squeezed, which we hear, see, and feel as a cough. The brain and muscles can be literally relaxed... 
during anesthesia is often accompanied by loss of the ability to cough and gag. In awake animals, coughing and gagging are protective reflexes which prevent inhaling stomach contents or other foreign materials... 
When the 3 year old was under general anaesthetic last week I have a sneaking suspicion... was the worst - first the 3 year old woke at 2.53 with a cough, then he woke his sister who started coughing... 
some coughing when the bronchoscope first enters the airway. This is a normal reflex but it subsides... anaestheticA medication that reduces sensation in a part of the body. spray to completely numb the back...
persistent dry cough. Furthermore, you may start to wheeze or feel a certain tightness in your throat as though something is stuck inside. In children, symptoms include persistent cough and repeated vomiting.
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association with GERD. I see infants who sneeze, cough, scream in pain and can't sleep at night... of having such severe coughing spells (presumed to be due to her asthma) that she ends up vomiting. In reality...
can reflux easily into the esophagus.
Coughing, vomiting, straining, or sudden physical exertion can cause... and may produce recurrent vomiting, coughing and other respiratory problems, or failure to thrive.
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