New technique for diagnosing chronic cough – exhaled breath nitric oxide monitoring

  The exhaled breath nitric oxide meter, which can identify the cause of chronic cough by measuring the level of nitric oxide in the patient’s exhaled breath, is a simple and reliable method that has relieved a large number of patients suffering from chronic cough since the introduction of this technology.  Chronic cough: It is a cough that has been present for more than 8 weeks and no abnormalities are found on chest x-ray or CT examination.  Causes of chronic cough: In China chronic cough causes are common: cough variant asthma croup acid bronchitis upper airway cough syndrome gastroesophageal reflux cough.  Significance of monitoring exhaled breath nitric oxide: The instrument can measure the value of nitric oxide in the patient’s exhaled breath within a few tens of seconds, which can quickly determine whether the patient’s cough is cough variant asthma or eosinophilic bronchitis. Treatment options are provided.