The Chronic Cough Enigma: How to recognize neurogenic and reflux related cough

by Jamie A. Koufman M.D., F.A.C.S., Suze Orman (Foreword by)

Overview

If you have confusing and unexplained breathing problems or your asthma has not responded to treatment, this book is for you. The Chronic Cough Enigma is written for people who have been coughing for months or years and cannot get useful answers from their doctors.

If you have confusing and unexplained breathing problems or your asthma has not responded to treatment, this book is for you. The Chronic Cough Enigma is written for people who have been coughing for months or years and cannot get useful answers from their doctors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940561004
Publisher:	Katalitix
Publication date:	02/11/2014
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	212,524
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jamie Koufman is one of America’s leading laryngologists and has lectured widely nationally and internationally. With three decades of clinical and bench research focused on the diagnosis, treatment, cell biology, and epidemiology of reflux, Dr. Koufman is one of the world’s authorities on reflux disease. She coined the terms laryngopharyngeal reflux, silent reflux, and airway reflux. She is a New York Times best selling author for Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook &Cure. Dr. Koufman is the Founder and Director of the Voice Institute of New York, a comprehensive voice treatment center. She was a pioneer of laryngeal framework surgery, minimally-invasive laryngeal laser surgery, laryngeal electromyography, and transnasal esophagoscopy. Dr. Koufman is Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of the New York Medical College, and she also has surgical privleges at the Beth Israel and Lenox Hill Hospitals. Dr. Koufman has received the Honor Award and the Distinguished Service Awards of the American Academy of Otolaryngology―Head and Neck Surgery, the Broyles-Maloney Award of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, and the Casselberry and Newcomb Awards of the American Laryngological Association. The latter is a Lifetime Achievement Award for research and publications in Laryngology. Dr. Koufman has been listed among the Top Doctors in America every year since 1994.

Table of Contents

Foreword Suze Orman ix

Preface: For Some, Not All xi

Introduction: Are You an Enigma? xiii

1 Non-Pulmonary Chronic Cough 1

2 Diagnosis and the Chronic Cough Index 9

3 Post-Viral Vagal Neuropathy 17

4 Neurogenic Cough 24

5 Silent Airway Reflux 29

6 Dr. Koufman's Reflux Boot Camp 39

7 Asthma That Isn't Asthma 56

8 Don't Forget the Esophagus 60

9 Integrated Aerodigestive Medicine 63

Appendix A References 73

Appendix B What Else Could It Be? 86

Appendix C Glossary 94

Index 132

About the Author 141

Editorial Reviews

After ten-years of seeking a cure for my chronic cough, Dr. Koufman finally has me on the road to recovery. Her practice of what she calls integrated aerodigestive medicine puts all the pieces of the puzzle together in a most logical and innovative way.

Nancy Lieberman (Dr. Koufman’s patient)

Congratulations! The Chronic Cough Enigma really packs a punch. Like Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure, this book is very clearly written. You do an excellent job of explaining some fairly sophisticated medical concepts. That's important, because most patients want to be educated but not talked down to. When I wasn't furious at the medical establishment in general and my GI doc and his ASC in particular, I actually enjoyed reading it and learned a lot. I know that you became a doctor because you wanted to help people, and this book will help many, many people.

Elizabeth Bachman

Congratulations to you on The Chronic Cough Enigma; it is first rate. I will recommend it to my residents and to my patients."

Robert T. Sataloff

After ten-years of seeking a cure for my chronic cough, Dr. Koufman finally has me on the road to recovery. Her practice of what she calls integrated aerodigestive medicine puts all the pieces of the puzzle together in a most logical and innovative way.

Nancy Lieberman (Dr. Koufman’s patient)

After ten-years of seeking a cure for my chronic cough, Dr. Koufman finally has me on the road to recovery. Her practice of what she calls integrated aerodigestive medicine puts all the pieces of the puzzle together in a most logical and innovative way.

Nancy Lieberman (Dr. Koufman's patient)