Journal of Clinical Epigenetics Open Access

  • ISSN: 2472-1158
  • Journal h-index: 10
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Abstract

Cough Syncope: An Emerging Issue among Elders

Avinash Shankar, Abhishek Shankar, Amresh Shankar and Anuradha Shankar

Cough syncope incidence is increasing among males >45 years and is due to persistent irritant dry cough causing neurasthenia of Glassopharyngeal Nerve, epiglottis fatigue and raised Intra thoracic pressure substantiated by low serum Calcium, Vitamin D3, Vitamin B12. Warm milk with butter or ghreet as a sip at bed time and morning, proves worth in preventing cough and its consequent syncope as evidenced in comparative evaluation in 79 patients against conventional therapeutics.